μήτρα
mētra · womb
Greek word · Strong’s number G3388 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mētra (μήτρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “womb”.
How to say it
mē·tra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The mother's body where a child grows.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
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Where it appears
- Luke 2:23
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord”),
- Romans 4:19
And without weakening in faith, he considered his own body dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;