Word Study · Strong's G3994 · Greek
πενθερά
penthera
pen-ther-ah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pentherá
“a wife's mother”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a wife's mother
Rendered in the KJV as
mother in law, wife's mother.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- πενθερὰ3
- πενθεράν1
- πενθερὰν1
- πενθερᾶς1
How it is rendered · 2
- mother-in-law5
- the mother-in-law1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
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- N-NSF · 3
- N-ASF · 2
- N-GSF · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 8:14πενθερὰνpentherannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.here: mother-in-law
- Matthew 10:35πενθερᾶςpentherasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.here: mother-in-law
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 4:38πενθερὰpentheranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAfter Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,here: mother-in-law
- Luke 12:53πενθερὰpentheranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThey will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”here: mother-in-law
- Luke 12:53πενθεράνpentherannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThey will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”here: mother-in-law