Quick Definition
μητραλῴας, ου, ὁ n.m. 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | μήτηρ + ἀλοάω
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
᾿μητραλῴας (also μητραλοίας), LT Tr WH [see WH. App. Ρ. 152] pyrpod@as, -ov, 6, (μήτηρ, and ἀλοιάω to thresh, smite), a matricide: 1 Tim.i. 9. (Aeschyl., Plat., Leian., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μητρολῴας mētrolōas 1x
one who murders or strikes his mother, matricide, 1 Tim. 1:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* μητρολῴας (Rec. -αλῴας, in cl., -αλοίας, v. Bl., § 3, 3; 6, 2), -ου, ὁ
(< μήτρρ + ἀλοιάω, to smite);
a matricide: I Ti 1:9 (AV, R, txt., but v. infr.);
a smiter of his mother: I Ti 1:9 (R, mg., cf. Ex 21:15, and v. Ellic., CGT, in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μητραλῴας (mētralōas) — matricide. μητρ-ᾰλοίας, ου, ὁ, (ἀλοιάω) striking one's mother: hence, matricide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also written μητρολῴας or μητρ-λώας, [NT]