Quick Definition
ἀμήτωρ, ορος Adj whose mother’s name is not recorded or known
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3384; motherless, i.e. of unknown maternity
KJV Usage: without mother
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ορος | ἀ- + μήτηρ
10.17 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
without mother a person for whom there is no record of a female parent or who has never had a female parent or whose mother has died
1 HEB 7:3 Though it is possible to understand ἀπάτωρ, ἀμήτωρ in HEB 7:3 as referring to some type of supernatural theophany as in the case of the stories of certain Greek gods and goddesses, it is unlikely that this is the meaning. The focus of attention in HEB 7:3 seems to be upon the legitimacy of succession in which the priesthood of Christ is contrasted with that of the descendants of Levi.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμήτωρ, -opos, 6,7, (μήτηρ), without a mother, mothertess; in Grk. writ. 1. born wethout a mother, e. g. 2 ᾿Αμπλίας Minerva, Eur. Phoen. 666 sq., ἃ]. ; God himself, inasmuch as he is without origin, Lact. instt. 4, 13, 2. 2. bereft of a mother, Hdt. 4, 154, al. 3. born of a base or unknown mother, Eur. Ion 109 ef. 837. 4. unmotherly, unworthy of the name of mother: μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ, Soph. El. 1154. Cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2, p. 305 sqq. 5. in a signif. unused by the Greeks, ‘ whose mother is not recorded in the genealogy’: of Melchizedek, Heb. vii. 3; (of Sarah by Philo in de temul. § 14, and rer. div. haer. § 12; [ef. Bleek u.s.]); ef. the classic ἀνολυμπιάς.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμήτωρ amētōr 1x
pr. without mother; independent of maternal descent, Heb. 7:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀμήτωρ, -ορος, ὁ, ἡ
(< μήτηρ),
without a mother (freq. in Gk. writers of the gods): ἀπάτωρ ἀ. of one without recorded genealogy, He 7:3 (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀμήτωρ does not happen to occur in our documents. For its connotation in Heb 7° see ἀπάτωρ, and note Grimm’s citations from Philo: the evidence is quite sufficient to dispose of Grimm’s own note that the signification is ‘‘ unused by the Greeks.” For the word cf. also the line from Euripides (drama unknown) cited by Wilamowitz Sz¢z. d. Bert, Ak., 1907, p. 7—Adibve, γαίας vit τῆς ἀμήτορος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀμήτωρ (amētōr) — motherless. ἀμήτωρ, ορος, motherless, [Refs 5th c.BC+] R.; of Melchizedek, [NT]: of the number [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. that is no mother, unmotherly, μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of dam mounted by her foal, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; childless, [Refs]