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Strong's G3389 · Greek

μητρολῴας

metraloas · may-tral-o'-as

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


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

μητρολῴας (G3389)

1 * 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.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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