noun · feminine
pentheras
Greekπενθερά (penthera)
Strong’sG3994
a mother-in-law
stem penther-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πενθερά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(fem. of πενθερός), [in LXX for חָמוֹת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3994 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpen-ther-ah'
a wife's mother
Fromfeminine of G3995;
King Jamesmother in law, wife's mother.
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 | pentheras3×πενθερὰ | pentherais |
| object accusative | pentheran2×πενθερὰν | pentherain |
| direct address vocative | pentherar | pentherair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pentherau1×πενθερᾶς | pentheraiu |
| to, for dative | penthera | pentherai |
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
penthera 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
pentheras“mother-in-law”subjectnominative singular3×
Mark 1:30“mother-in-law”tas de pentheras Simōnou katakeiete puressarōtas, kai euthuos legalō auto peri autau.Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
Luke 4:38“mother-in-law”Anistanaratos de apo tau sunagōgau eiserchata eis tan oikian Simōnou. pentheras de tou Simōnou ate sunechirōtas pureto mego, kai erōtala auton peri autau.After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
Luke 12:53“mother-in-law”diamerizili patēros epi huio kai huios epi patēro, mētēras epi thugatēran kai thugatēras epi tan mētēran, pentheras epi tan numfan autau kai numfas epi tan pentheran.They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
pentheran“mother-in-law”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 8:14“mother-in-law”Kai ercharatos tos Iēsus eis tan oikian Petrou horata tan pentheran autou ballirētan kai puressarōtan;When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
Luke 12:53“mother-in-law”diamerizili patēros epi huio kai huios epi patēro, mētēras epi thugatēran kai thugatēras epi tan mētēran, pentheras epi tan numfan autau kai numfas epi tan pentheran.They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
pentherau“mother-in-law”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Matthew 10:35“mother-in-law”erchama gar dichazara anthrōpon kata tou patērou autou kai thugatēran kata tau mētērau autau kai numfan kata tau pentherau autau,For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.