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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MOTHER-IN-LAW

Greek

3994. penthera -- a mother-in-law
... a mother-in-law. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: penthera Phonetic
Spelling: (pen-ther-ah') Short Definition: a mother-in-law Definition: a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5281. Noomi -- mother-in-law of Ruth
... 5280, 5281. Noomi. 5282 . mother-in-law of Ruth. Transliteration: Noomi
Phonetic Spelling: (no-om-ee') Short Definition: Naomi. ...
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2545. chamoth -- husband's mother
... chamoth. 2546 . husband's mother. Transliteration: chamoth Phonetic Spelling:
(kham-oth') Short Definition: mother-in-law. Word Origin fem. ... mother in law. ...
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2859. chathan -- make oneself a daughter's husband
... join in affinity, father-in-law, make marriages, mother-in-law, son-in-law.
A primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage ...
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2860b. chothen -- wife's father or mother
... Word Origin from the same as chathan Definition wife's father or mother NASB Word
Usage father-in-law (21), mother-in-law (1). 2860a, 2860b. chothen. 2861 ...
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Library

Letter iii. To Bassula, his Mother-In-Law.
... To Bassula, His Mother-In-Law. How St. ... [69] Of course, this is all jocular, and shows
the best relations as existing between Sulpitius and his mother-in-law. ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /letter iii to bassula his.htm

Healing Peter's Mother-In-Law and Many Others.
... Part Fourth. From the First to the Second Passover. (Time: One Year.) XXXII.
Healing Peter's Mother-in-Law and Many Others. (at Capernaum.) ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xxxii healing peters mother-in-law and.htm

Of the Order in which the Narrative Concerning Peter's Mother-In ...
... The Prologue. Chapter XXI."Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning
Peter's Mother-In-Law is Introduced. 51. Matthew proceeds ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxi of the order in.htm

Of Marriage Between Blood-Relations, in Regard to which the ...
... So too Eve his wife was both mother and mother-in-law to her children of both sexes;
while, had there been two women, one the mother, the other the mother-in ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 16 of marriage between blood-relations.htm

How under Eli's Government of the Israelites Booz Married Ruth ...
... 2. When Ruth was come with her mother-in-law to Bethlehem, Booz, who was near of
kin to Elimelech, entertained her; and when Naomi was so called by her fellow ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how under elis.htm

Ruth and Naomi.
... After living there about ten years Naomi's sons died also, leaving Orpah
and Ruth widows, along with their widowed mother-in-law. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/ruth and naomi.htm

Naomi is an Instance of a Widow Receiving Back from Her Daughter ...
... to her who has well taught and well instructed her daughter-in-law a Ruth will never
be wanting who will prefer the widowed life of her mother-in-law to her ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vi naomi is an.htm

Ruth, the Gleaner
... farther. So the little party halted, and one of the young women, weeping
bitterly, kissed her mother-in-law and turned to go back. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/steedman/the babe in the bulrushes/ruth the gleaner.htm

Boaz and Ruth.
... One day, Ruth obtained permission from her mother-in-law to go gleaning, and went
to glean in the field of a rich man named Boaz, who happened to be a kinsman ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/boaz and ruth.htm

The Devotion of Ruth
... I am sorry for you, for Jehovah has afflicted me." Then they again wept aloud, and
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth stayed with her. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the devotion of ruth.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.

Thesaurus

Motherinlaw
Motherinlaw. Mother-in, Motherinlaw. Mother-in-law . Int. ...MOTHER-IN-LAW. See
RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. Mother-in, Motherinlaw. Mother-in-law . Reference Bible
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Mother-in-law (16 Occurrences)
Mother-in-law. Motherinlaw, Mother-in-law. Mother-of-pearl . Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... Motherinlaw, Mother-in-law. Mother-of-pearl . Reference Bible.
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Bo'az (24 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:11 Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done
to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left ...
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Daughter-in-law (16 Occurrences)
... Matthew 10:35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter
against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ...
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Naomi (25 Occurrences)
... The lovable; my delight, the wife of Elimelech, and mother of Mahlon and Chilion,
and mother-in-law of Ruth (1:2, 20, 21; 2:1). Elimelech and his wife left the ...
/n/naomi.htm - 17k

Boaz (25 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:11 Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done
to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left ...
/b/boaz.htm - 19k

Orpah (2 Occurrences)
... On the death of her husband she accompanied Naomi, her mother-in-law, part of the
way to Bethlehem, and then returned to Moab. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Glean (12 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:19 Her mother-in-law said to her, "Where have you gleaned today?
Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you." She ...
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Gleaned (6 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:18 She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what
she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left ...
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Declareth (71 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:19 And her mother-in-law saith to her, 'Where hast thou gleaned
to-day? and where hast thou wrought? may he who is discerning ...
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Bible Concordance

Mother-in-law (16 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:14 After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever.
(WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 10:35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
(WEB WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 1:30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill in bed with a fever, and without delay they informed Him about her.
(WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:38 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.
(WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
(WEB WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 27:23 'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' All the people shall say,'Amen.'
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 1:14 They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 2:11 Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 2:18 She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 2:19 Her mother-in-law said to her, "Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you." She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 2:23 So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 3:1 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 3:6 She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 3:16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" She told her all that the man had done to her.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 3:17 She said, "He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said,'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 7:6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Mother-In-Law

Mother-In-Law: Beloved by Ruth

Mother-In-Law: General Scriptures Concerning

Mother-In-Law: Not to be Defiled

Mother-In-Law: Peter's, Healed by Jesus

Related Terms

Mother-in-law (16 Occurrences)

Bo'az (24 Occurrences)

Daughter-in-law (16 Occurrences)

Naomi (25 Occurrences)

Boaz (25 Occurrences)