Matricide
μητραλῴαςStrong’s G3389mētralōas
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mētralōas is the Greek word usually translated “murderers of mothers”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,”
Meaning
Usually translated “murderers of mothers”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- murderers of mothers 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
μητραλῴας mētralōas · matricide
μητρολῴας (Rec. -αλῴας, in cl., -αλοίας, see B1., § 3, 3; 6, 2), -ου, ὁ (μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω, to smite) (a) a matricide: 1Ti.1:9 (AV, R, txt., but see infr.); (b) a smiter of his mother: 1Ti.1:9 (R, mg., cf. Exo.21:15, and see Ellic., CGT, in l).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “matricide” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MAT'RICIDE, noun
[Latin matricidium; mater, mother, and coedo, to slay.]
- The killing or murder of a mother.
- The killer or murderer of his 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.