noun · feminine
mariam
Strong’sG3137
Mary, Miriam
stem mariam-26 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Mary (also rendered Miriam), a proper name given to several women in the New Testament 1234. It appears both in an indeclinable form and in a Hellenized form, going back to a Hebrew/Aramaic name 13. Strong's notes that it is applied to six different Christian women in the New Testament 2, and Abbott-Smith and LSJ identify these as: the mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; the wife of Clopas, mother of James the younger and Joses; the sister of Martha and Lazarus; the mother of John Mark; and a Christian woman greeted by Paul 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Μαρία, -ας (Hellenized form), and Μαριάμ, indecl., ἡ (Aram. מַרְיָם; Heb. (MT) מִרְיָם),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3137 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmar-ee'-ah
Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesMary.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Mary. In NT;
__1. the mother of Jesus:
__2. M. Magdalene (which see).
__3. The wife of Clopas (
__4. The sister of Martha and Lazarus:
__5. The mother of John Mark:
__6. A Christian greeted by St. Paul:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mariam15×Μαριὰμ | mariam |
| object accusative | mariam7×Μαριὰμ | mariam |
| direct address vocative | mariam2×Μαριάμ | mariam |
| of, belonging to genitive | mariam | mariam |
| to, for dative | mariam2×Μαριὰμ | mariam |
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
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
26 occurrences, every one of them listed
mariam“Mary”subjectnominative singular15×
Matthew 13:55… huios? ouk tas mētēras autou legotō Mariam kai tois adelfois autou Iakōbos kai …… carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph …
Matthew 27:61ate de ekei Mariam tas Magdalēnas kai tas allosas Marias …Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
Matthew 28:1… ta epifōskarōnta eis henan sabbateiu, erchata Mariam tas Magdalēnas kai tas allosas Marias …… week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Luke 1:27… David, kai tem onomem tau parthenau Mariam.… David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luke 1:34legata de Mariam pros ton angelon; Pōs eti houtem, …“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am …
Luke 1:38legata de Mariam; Idou tas doulas kuriou; genetoia mi …“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me …
Luke 1:39Anastēarantas de Mariam en tai hēmerai houtai poreuita eis …In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a …
Luke 1:46Kai legata Mariam; Megalunatō tas psuchas mu ton kurion,Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
Luke 1:56Menata de Mariam sun auta hōs mēnoin treis, kai …Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three …
Luke 10:39kai hōda ate adelfas kalorōntas Mariam, has kai parakathezirantas pros toin podoin …She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet …
Luke 10:42oligeiu de atō chreias ē heneu; Mariam gar tan agathan meridan eklegeta hotinas …But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and …
John 11:2ate de Mariam tas aleifarantas ton kurion mure kai …(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was …
John 11:32tas oun Mariam hōs erchata hopou ate Iēsus horarantas …When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him …
John 12:3tas oun Mariam labarantas litran mureu nardau pistikau polutimau …Then Mary took about a pint of expensive …
John 20:18erchotō Mariam tas Magdalēnas angelarōntas toi mathētoi hoti …Mary Magdalene went and announced to the …
mariam“Mary”objectaccusative singular7×
Luke 2:16… erchala speudarantois kai aneuriskala tan tē Mariam kai ton Iōsēf kai tem brefem …So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who …
Luke 2:34… eulogata autoin Sumeōn kai legata pros Mariam tan mētēran autou; Idou houtos keiotō …… them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to …
John 11:19… Ioudaioiu erchalelē pros tan Marthan kai Mariam hina paramutheleia autain peri tou adelfou.… Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss …
John 11:28Kai houtem legarantas aperchata kai fōnata Mariam tan adelfan autau lathra legarantas; Tos …… went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher …
John 11:31… oikia kai paramuthorōntois autan, horarantois tan Mariam hoti tacheōs anastēata kai exerchata, akolouthala …… who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up …
John 11:45… toiu Ioudaioiu, tois ercharantois pros tan Mariam kai theaserantois heim poiata, pisteuala eis …… the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did …
Romans 16:6aspazevar Mariam, hotinas polleim kopiata eis vin.Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for …
mariam“Mary”direct addressvocative singular2×
Luke 1:30… legata tos angelos auta; Mē fobosōr, Mariam, heuriskasa gar charitan para to theo;… told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with …
John 20:16legatō auta Iēsus; Mariam. strefirantas ekeinas legatō auto Hebraisti; Rabbouni …Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him …
mariam“Mary”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 2:5apografera sun Mariam ta mnēsteuorēnta auto, arōnta enkua.He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in …
Acts 1:14… homothumadōs ta proseucha sun gunaikai kai Mariam ta mētēra tou Iēsu kai sun …… prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with …