Romans 16:13:9Rom.16.13.W9TAB
μητέρα
mêtera
“mother”
- Transliteration
- mê-TE-ra
- Extended
- may-TEH-rah
- IPA
- /mɛːˈte.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- mother
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
mê-TE-ra
- sentence
a-SPA-sa-sthe RHOU-phon ton ek-lek-TON en KY-ree-oi KAI tên mê-TE-ra au-TOU KAI e-MOU
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} then coordinates an additional direct object, tēn mētera autou {τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ | tḕn mētéra autoû} ‘his mother’, with a second kai linking the following genitive emou {ἐμοῦ | emoû} ‘of me’, producing the compact idiom ‘his mother and mine’. This structure places Paul’s relationship to Rufus’s mother on a par with Rufus’s own filial relationship, portraying a shared spiritual family bond. In translation, the formal reconstruction closely follows the Greek sequence and idiom, while the dynamic reconstruction expands the final phrase into “who has also been like a mother to me” to make explicit the affective and relational nuance suggested by the genitive emou.
In context — Romans 16:13
Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord , and his mother and mine.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Romans 16:13, so the Greek word μητέρα (mêtera) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.13.W9.S1) and character.