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Strong's G3388 μήτρα (metra)

Metra means “womb” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3388 — yerusha (“Jerusha”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3388
Language Greek
Linked Usages 32
Books 15

Strong's G3388 Quick Answer

Strong's G3388 μήτρα (metra) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. metra (may'-trah) n. 1. the matrix [from G3384] It has 32 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include womb. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
metra (may'-trah) n. 1. the matrix [from G3384]
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
womb

Meaning and Definition

metra (may'-trah) n. 1. the matrix [from G3384] KJV: womb Root(s): G3384

Original Word
μήτρα
Transliteration
metra
Derivation
Root: μήτηρ R1: 3384
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3388. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G3388 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render metra, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

womb Luke 2:23

How Strong's G3388 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3388 (μήτρα) appears 33 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3388 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3388 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 2:23 KJV

(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

Romans 4:19 KJV

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

Strong's G3388 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 20:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 29:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And when the Lord God saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.

Strong's G3388 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 9:2 Septuagint / Brenton

O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:

Wisdom of Sirach 49:7 Septuagint / Brenton

For they entreated him evil, Who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother’s womb, That he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; And that he might build up also, and plant.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3388.

Genesis 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
Genesis 29:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord God saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 30:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
Genesis 49:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my God helped thee, And he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, And the blessing of the earth possessing all things, Because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
Exodus 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sanctify to me every firstborn, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel both of man and beast: it is mine.
Exodus 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that thou shalt set apart every offspring opening the womb, the males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or among thy cattle, as many as thou shalt have: thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord.
Exodus 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every offspring opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a sheep; and if thou wilt not change it, thou shalt redeem it: every firstborn of man of thy sons shalt thou redeem.
Exodus 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Pharaoh hardened his heart so as not to send us away, he slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every offspring that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every firstborn of my sons I will redeem.
Exodus 34:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The males are mine, everything that opens the womb; every firstborn of oxen, and every firstborn of sheep.
Numbers 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.
Numbers 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
Numbers 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother’s womb, when the disease devours the half of the flesh.
Numbers 18:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine: only the firstborn of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem the firstborn of unclean cattle.
Numbers 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
1 Kingdoms 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Hannah he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Elkanah loved Hannah more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.
1 Kingdoms 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.
3 Kingdoms 3:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman whose the living child was, answered and spoke to the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.
Job 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother’s womb, Or as infants who never saw light.
Psalms 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I was cast on thee from the womb: Thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
Psalms 57:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sinners have gone astray from the womb: They go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
Jeremiah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because he slew me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.
Jeremiah 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?
Ezekiel 20:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will defile them by their own decrees, when I pass through upon everyone that opens the womb, that I may destroy them.
Hosea 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give them? a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.
Amos 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they pursued their brother with the sword, and destroyed the mother upon the earth, and summoned up his anger for a testimony, and kept up his fury to the end.
Luke 2:23 New Testament, KJV
(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
Romans 4:19 New Testament, KJV
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
Judith 9:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:
Wisdom of Sirach 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was created with the faithful in the womb.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they entreated him evil, Who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother’s womb, That he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; And that he might build up also, and plant.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore bless ye the God of all, Which only doeth wondrous things everywhere, Which exalteth our days from the womb, And dealeth with us according to his mercy.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3388, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3388 FAQ

What does metra (μήτρα) mean?

Metra (Strong's G3388) is a Greek word most simply glossed "womb". metra (may'-trah) n. 1. the matrix [from G3384]

How many times is metra (μήτρα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's G3388 across 15 books.

Where can I study metra (μήτρα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3388 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate metra (μήτρα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as womb. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3388 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 26 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3388, with linked reader references where each row is available.