Grandmother
μάμμηStrong’s G3125mammē
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mammē is the Greek word usually translated “grandmother”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”
Meaning
Usually translated “grandmother”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- grandmother 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
μάμμη mammē · grandmother
μάμμη, -ης, ἡ (onomatop.), [in LXX: 4Ma.16:9 * ;] 1. in cl., a child's name for mother. 2. In late Gk. (= cl., τήθη), a grandmother: (LXX, l.with), 2Ti.1:5.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “grandmother” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GRAND'MOTHER, noun
The mother of one's father or mother.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.