Strong's Greek · G3994

πενθερά

pentherá

mother in law, wife's mother

Definition

a wife's mother

Derivation

feminine of G3995 (πενθερός);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Matthew 10:35

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.

Luke 12:53

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.”

Mark 1:30

Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

Luke 4:38

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,

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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