Word Study · Strong's G3388 · Greek

μήτρα

metra

may'-trah

Strong's 1890 spelling: mḗtra

“the matrix”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

the matrix

Rendered in the KJV as

womb.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

μήτραν1
μήτρας1

How it is rendered · 2

a womb1
womb1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1
noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1

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N-ASF · 1
N-GSF · 1

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Where this word lives

Luke1 of 2 · 50%
Romans1 of 2 · 50%

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Luke1 occurrence

Luke 2:23μήτρανmētrannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singular(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),here: a womb

Romans1 occurrence

Romans 4:19μήτραςmētrasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularWithout weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.here: womb

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