Pentherá — G3994
G3994 · Greek — πενθερά
Pronunciation: pen-ther-ah'
Definition
feminine noun
a wife's mother
Usually translated as
wife's mother, mother in law
Occurrences
Pentherá occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (1), Luke (2)
- Matthew 8:14 — And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother (πενθερὰν) laid, and sick of a fever.
- Matthew 10:35 — For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother (πενθερᾶς) in law.
- Mark 1:30 — But Simon’s wife’s mother (πενθερὰ) lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
- Luke 4:38 — And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother (πενθερὰ) was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
- Luke 12:53 — The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law (πενθερὰ) against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- Luke 12:53 — The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law (πενθερὰν).
Strong's Lexicon — P