G3389: μητραλῴας
mētralṓias · “matricide”
Definition
a mother-thresher, i.e. matricide
KJV translates it as: murderer of mothers
Word origin: from G3384 (μήτηρ) and the base of G257 (ἅλων);
Extended definition
μητρολῴας (Rec. -αλῴας, in cl., -αλοίας, see B1., § 3, 3; 6, 2), -ου, ὁ
(μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω, to smite)
(a) a matricide: 1Ti.1:9 (AV, R, txt., but see infr.);
(b) a smiter of his mother: 1Ti.1:9 (R, mg., cf. Exo.21:15, and see Ellic., CGT, in l).†
(AS)
(μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω, to smite)
(a) a matricide: 1Ti.1:9 (AV, R, txt., but see infr.);
(b) a smiter of his mother: 1Ti.1:9 (R, mg., cf. Exo.21:15, and see Ellic., CGT, in l).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3389 is translated
- murderers of mothers, ×1
Bible verses with G3389 (mētralṓias)
Mētralṓias appears in 1 verse.
- 1 Timothy 1:9
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,