Quick Definition
a matricide
Strong's Definition
a mother-thresher, i.e. matricide
Derivation: from G3384 (μήτηρ) and the base of G257 (ἅλων);
KJV Usage: murderer of mothers
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μητραλωας (also μητραλοίας), L T Tr WH (see WH's Appendix, p. 152) μητρολῴας, μητρολου, ὁ (μήτηρ, and ἀλοιάω to thresh, smite), a matricide: 1Ti_1:9. (Aeschylus, Plato, Lucian, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μητρολῴας mētrolōas 1x
one who murders or strikes his mother, matricide, 1Ti_1:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* μητρολῴας
( Rec. -αλῴας , in cl ., -αλοίας , v. B1., § 3, 3; 6, 2), -ου , ὁ
( < μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω , to smite );
(a) a matricide: 1Ti_1:9 ( AV , R , txt ., but v. infr .);
(b) a smiter of his mother: 1Ti_1:9 ( R , mg ., cf. Exo_21:15 , and v. Ellic ., CGT , in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μητρολῴας [page 411]
For the form ( 1Ti_1:9 ) see Moulton Gr, ii. p. 68
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μητρολῴας (Rec. -αλῴας, in cl., -αλοίας, see B1., § 3, 3; 6, 2), -ου, ὁ
(μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω, to smite)
__(a) a matricide: 1Ti.1:9 (AV, R, txt., but see infr.);
__(b) a smiter of his mother: 1Ti.1:9 (R, mg., cf. Exo.21:15, and see Ellic., CGT, in l).†
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