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G3389 μητραλῴας (mētralṓias)
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Quick Definition

μητραλῴας, ου, ὁ n.m. a matricide

Strong's Definition

from 3384 and the base of 257; a mother-thresher, i.e. matricide

KJV Usage: murderer of mothers

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | μήτηρ + ἀλοάω

20.87 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill

one who murders his mother

1TI 1:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

᾿μητραλῴας (also μητραλοίας), LT Tr WH [see WH. App. Ρ. 152] pyrpod@as, -ov, 6, (μήτηρ, and ἀλοιάω to thresh, smite), a matricide: 1 Tim.i. 9. (Aeschyl., Plat., Leian., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μητρολῴας mētrolōas 1x

one who murders or strikes his mother, matricide, 1 Tim. 1:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* μητρολῴας (Rec. -αλῴας, in cl., -αλοίας, v. Bl., § 3, 3; 6, 2), -ου, ὁ

(< μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω, to smite);

a matricide: I Ti 1:9 (AV, R, txt., but v. infr.);

a smiter of his mother: I Ti 1:9 (R, mg., cf. Ex 21:15, and v. Ellic., CGT, in l.).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μητραλῴας (mētralōas) — matricide. μητρ-ᾰλοίας, ου, ὁ, (ἀλοιάω) striking one's mother: hence, matricide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also written μητρολῴας or μητρ-λώας, [NT]

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