noun · feminine

mammas

Greekμάμμη (mammē)

Strong’sG3125

a grandmother

stem mamm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

grandmother1×

What it means

** μάμμη, -ης, ἡ

(onomatop.), [in LXX: IV Mac 16:9*;]

1. in cl., a child's name for mother.

2. In late Gk. (= cl., τήθη), a grandmother: (LXX, IV Mac 16:9), II Ti 1:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3125 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmam'-may

a grandmother

Fromof natural origin ("mammy");

King Jamesgrandmother.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	mammas	mammais
object accusative	mamman	mammain
direct address vocative	mammar	mammair
of, belonging to genitive	mammau	mammaiu
to, for dative	mamma1×μάμμῃ	mammai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

mammstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mamma is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

mamma“grandmother”to, fordative singular1×

2 Timothy 1:5“grandmother”hupomnēsian lambaratos tau en si anupokritau pistiau, hotinas enoikata prōtem en ta mamma su Lōia kai ta mētēra su Eunika, peithimē de hoti kai en si.I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.