Lexical Summary mammē: a grandmother Original Word: μάμμηTransliteration: mammē Phonetic Spelling: (mam'-may) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a grandmother Meaning: a grandmother Strong's Concordance grandmother. Of natural origin ("mammy"); a grandmother -- grandmother. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3125: μάμμημάμμη, μαμμης, ἡ, 1. in the earlier Greek writings mother (the name infants use in addressing their mother). 2. in the later writings ((Philo), Josephus, Plutarch, Appian, Herodian, Artemidorus Daldianus) equivalent to τήθη, grandmother (see Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 133-135 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 25)): 2 Timothy 1:5; 4 Macc. 16:9. |
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