Mother:
muth'-er ('em, "mother," "dam," "ancestress"; meter):
1. Her Position in the Old Testament:
In vain do we look in the Scriptures for traces of the low position which woman occupies in many eastern lands. A false impression has been created by her present position in the East, especially under Mohammedan rule. Her place as depicted in the Scriptures is a totally different one. Women there move on the same social plane with men. They often occupy leading public positions (Ex 15:20; Jud 4:4; 2Ki 22:14). The love of offspring was deeply imbedded in the heart of Hebrew women, and thus motherhood was highly respected. Among the patriarchs women, and especially mothers, occupy a prominent place. In Rebekah's marriage, her mother seems to have had equal voice with her father and Laban, her brother (Ge 24:28,50,53,55). Jacob "obeyed his father and his mother" (Ge 28:7), and his mother evidently was his chief counselor. The Law places the child under obligation of honoring father and mother alike (Ex 20:12). The child that strikes father or mother or curses either of them is punished by death (Ex 21:15,17). The same fate overtakes the habitually disobedient (De 21:18-21).
In one place in the Law, the mother is even placed before the father as the object of filial reverence (Le 19:3). The Psalmist depicts deepest grief as that of one who mourneth for his mother (Ps 35:14). In the entire Book of Proverbs the duty of reverence, love and obedience of sons to their mothers is unceasingly inculcated. The greatest comfort imaginable is that wherewith a mother comforts her son (Isa 66:13).
2. Position in the New Testament:
And what is true of the Old Testament is equally true of the New Testament. The same high type of womanhood, the same reverence for one's mother is in evidence in both books. The birth of Christ lifted motherhood to the highest possible plane and idealized it for all time. The last thing Jesus did on the Cross was to bestow His mother on John "the beloved" as his special inheritance. What woman is today, what she is in particular in her motherhood, she owes wholly to the position in which the Scriptures have placed her. Sometimes the stepmother is spoken of as the real mother (Ge 37:10). Sometimes the grandmother or other female relative is thus spoken of (Ge 3:20; 1Ki 15:10).
Tropically the nation is spoken of as a mother and the people are her children (Isa 50:1; Jer 50:12; Ho 2:4; 4:5). Large cities also are "mothers" (2Sa 20:19; compare Ga 4:26; 2 Esdras 10:7), and Job even depicts the earth as such (Job 1:21).
Written by Henry E. Dosker
Mother: General Scriptures Concerning
Exd 20:12; 21:15, 17; Lev 18:7; 19:3; 20:9; Deu 5:16; 1Ki 19:20; Pro 1:8; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 19:26; 20:20; 23:22-25; 28:24; 29:15; 30:11, 17; Mat 10:37; 15:4-6; 19:19; Mar 7:10-12; 10:19; Luk 18:20; Eph 6:2; 2Ti 1:5
Mother: References Concerning
See CHILDREN, DUTY OF; PARENTS
Mother:
is used
(a) of the natural relationship, e.g., Mat 1:18; 2Ti 1:5;
(b) figuratively,
(1) of "one who takes the place of a mother," Mat 12:49, 50; Mar 3:34, 35; Jhn 19:27; Rom 16:13; 1Ti 5:2;
(2) of "the heavenly and spiritual Jerusalem," Gal 4:26, which is "free" (not bound by law imposed externally, as under the Law of Moses), "which is our mother" (RV), i.e., of Christians, the metropolis, mother-city, used allegorically, just as the capital of a country is "the seat of its government, the center of its activities, and the place where the national characteristics are most fully expressed;"
(3) symbolically, of "Babylon," Rev 17:5, as the source from which has proceeded the religious harlotry of mingling pagan rites and doctrines with the Christian faith.
Note: In Mar 16:1 the article, followed by the genitive case of the name "James," the word "mother" being omitted, is an idiomatic mode of expressing the phrase "the mother of James."
2Strong's Number: g3389Greek: metroloas | metraloasMother:
denotes "a matricide" (No. 1, and aloiao, to smite); 1Ti 1:9, "murderers of mothers;" it probably has, however, the broader meaning of "smiters" (RV, marg.), as in instances elsewhere than the NT.
3Strong's Number: g282Greek: ametorMother:
"without a mother" (a, negative, and No. 1), is used in Hbr 7:3, of the Genesis record of Melchizedek, certain details concerning him being purposely omitted, in order to conform the description to facts about Christ as the Son of God. The word has been found in this sense in the writings of Euripides the dramatist and Herodotus the historian. See also under FATHER.
Mother:
The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is strongly shown in the higher estimation of the mother in the Jewish family, as contrasted with modern Oriental as well as ancient Oriental and classical usage. The king's mother, as appears in the case of Bath‐sheba, was treated with special honor (Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3; 5:16; 21:18; 21:21; 1 Kings 2:29; Proverbs 10:1; 15:20; 17:25; 29:15; 31:1; 31:30).
Children: In Answer to Prayer
To Abraham,
Gen 15:2-5; with Gen 21:1, 2;
Isaac,
Gen 25:21;
Leah,
Gen 30:17-22;
Rachel,
Gen 30:22-24;
Hannah,
1Sa 1:9-20;
Zacharias,
Luk 1:13.
Children: Treatment Of, at Birth
Eze 16:4-6; Luk 2:7, 12
Circumcision of. See CIRCUMCISION
Children: Dedicated to God in Infancy
Samson,
Jdg 13:5, 7;
Samuel,
1Sa 1:24-28.
Promised to the righteous,
Deu 7:12, 14; Job 5:25; Psa 128:2, 3, 4, 6.
Weaning of,
Gen 21:8; 1Sa 1:22; 1Ki 11:20; Psa 131:2; Isa 28:9.
Nurses for,
Exd 2:7-9; Act 7:20; Rth 4:16; 2Sa 4:4; 2Ki 11:2.
Taught to walk,
Hsa 11:3.
Tutors and governors for,
2Ki 10:1; Act 22:3; Gal 3:24; 4:1, 2.
Bastard, excluded from the privileges of the congregation,
Deu 23:2; Hbr 12:8.
Children: Early Piety Of
Samuel,
1Sa 2:18; 3;
Jeremiah,
Jer 1:5-7;
John the Baptist,
Luk 1:15, 80.
Jesus,
Luk 2:40, 46, 47, 52.
Children: Difference Made
Between male and female, in Mosaic law,
Lev 12.
Partiality of parents among:
Rebekah for Jacob,
Gen 27:6-17;
Jacob for Joseph,
Gen 37:3, 4.
Partiality among, forbidden,
Deu 21:15-17.
Children: Love Of, for Parents:
Of Ruth,
Rth 1:16-18;
Jesus,
Jhn 19:26, 27.
Children: Sacrificed
2Ki 17:31; Eze 16:20, 21
Caused to pass through fire,
2Ki 16:3; Jer 32:35; Eze 16:21.
Children: Sold
For debt,
2Ki 4:1; Neh 5:5; Job 24:9; Mat 18:25.
Sold in marriage, law concerning,
Exd 21:7-11;
instance of, Leah and Rachel,
Gen 29:15-30.
Children: Edict to Murder
Of Pharaoh,
Exd 1:22;
of Jehu,
2Ki 10:1-8;
of Herod,
Mat 2:16-18.
Eaten, see CANNIBALISM
Children: Share Benefits of Covenant Privileges
Guaranteed to parents,
Gen 6:18; 12:7; 13:15; 17:7, 8; 19:12; 21:13; 26:3-5, 24; Lev 26:44, 45; Isa 65:23; 1Cr 7:14.
Bound by covenants of parents,
Gen 17:9-14.
Involved in guilt of parents,
Exd 20:5; 34:7; Lev 20:5; 26:39-42; Num 14:18, 33; 1Ki 21:29; Job 21:19; Psa 37:28; Isa 14:20, 21; 65:6, 7; Jer 32:18; Dan 6:24.
Not punished for parents' sake,
Jer 31:29, 30; Eze 18:1-30.
Children: Death Of, as a Judgment upon Parents:
Firstborn of Egypt,
Exd 12:29;
sons of Eli,
1Sa 3:13, 14;
sons of Saul,
1Sa 28:18, 19;
David's child by Uriah's wife,
2Sa 12:14-19.
Children: Miracles in Behalf Of:
Raised from the dead by Elijah,
1Ki 17:17-23;
by Elisha,
2Ki 4:17-36;
by Jesus,
Mat 9:18, 24-26; Mar 5:35-42; Luk 7:13-15; 8:49-56;
healing of,
Mat 15:28; 17:18; Mar 7:29, 30; 9:23-27; Luk 8:42-56; 9:38-42; Jhn 4:46-54.
Children: Character Of
Known by conduct,
Pro 20:11.
Blessed by Jesus,
Mat 19:13-15; Mar 10:13-16; Luk 18:15, 16.
Future state of,
Mat 18:10; 19:14.
Minors,
Gal 4:1, 2.
Of ministers,
1Ti 3:4; Tts 1:6.
Alienated, Ishmael, to gratify Sarah,
Gen 21:9-15.
Children: Amusements Of
Job 21:11; Zec 8:5; 11:16, 17; Luk 7:31, 32
Children: Adopted
See ADOPTION
Children: The Gift of God
Gen 4:1, 25; 17:16, 20; 28:3; 29:32-35; 30:2, 6, 17-20, 22-24; 33:5; Rth 4:13; Job 1:21; Psa 107:38, 41; 113:9; 127:3
Children: God's Care Of
Exd 22:22-24; Deu 10:18; 14:29; Job 29:12; Psa 10:14, 18; 27:10; 68:5; 146:9; Jer 49:11; Hsa 14:3; Mal 3:5
Children: A Blessing
Gen 5:29; 30:1; Psa 127:3-5; Pro 17:6; Isa 54:1; Jer 20:15
Children: Commandments To
Exd 20:12; Lev 19:3, 32; Deu 5:16; Psa 119:9; 148:12, 13; Pro 1:8, 9; 3:1-3; 4:1-4, 10, 11, 20-22; 5:1, 2; 6:20-25; 8:32, 33; 23:22, 26; 27:11; Ecc 12:1; Lam 3:27; Mat 15:4; 19:19; Mar 10:19; Luk 18:20; Eph 6:1-3; Col 3:20; 1Ti 4:12; 2Ti 2:22; Tts 2:6
See YOUNG MEN
Children: Counsel of Parents To
1Ki 2:1-4; 1Ch 22:6-13; 28:9, 10, 20
See PARENTS
Children: Instruction Of
Exd 13:8-10, 14-16; Deu 4:9, 10; 6:6-9; 11:19, 20; 31:12, 13; Jos 8:35; Psa 34:11; 78:1-8; Pro 1:1, 4; 22:6; Isa 28:9, 10; Joe 1:3; Jhn 21:15; Act 22:3
See INSTRUCTION.
For SOLOMON'S INSTRUCTION OF MEN AND CHILDREN, see YOUNG MEN.
By TUTORS. See TUTOR.
Children: False Instruction Of
Mar 7:9-13
Children: Prayer in Behalf Of
Gen 17:18; 2Sa 12:16; 1Ch 22:12; 29:19; Job 1:5
Children: Promises and Assurances To
Pro 3:1-10; 8:17, 32; 23:15, 16, 24, 25; 29:3; Isa 40:11; 54:13; Mat 18:4, 5, 10; 19:14, 15; Mar 9:37; 10:13-16; Luk 9:48; 18:15, 16; Act 2:39; 1Jo 2:12, 13
See YOUNG MEN
Children: Of the Righteous, Blessed of God
Gen 6:18; 7:1; 12:7; 13:15; 17:7, 8; 19:12, 15, 16; 21:13; 26:3, 4, 24; Lev 26:44, 45; Deu 4:37; 10:15; 12:28; 1Ki 11:13; 15:4; 2Ki 8:19; Psa 37:26; 102:28; 103:17, 18; 112:2, 3; Pro 3:33; 11:21; 12:7; 13:22; 20:7; Isa 44:3-5; 65:23; Jer 32:39; Act 2:39; 1Cr 7:14
Children: Correction Of
Pro 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13, 14; 29:15, 17; Eph 6:4; Col 3:21
Children: Punishment Of
Exd 21:15, 17; Lev 20:9; Deu 21:18-21; 27:16; Mat 15:4; Mar 7:10
Children: Good
The Lord is with,
1Sa 3:19.
Know the Scriptures,
2Ti 3:15.
Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God,
Col 3:20.
Partake of the promises of God,
Act 2:39.
Shall be blessed,
Pro 3:1-4; Eph 6:2, 3.
Show love to parents,
Gen 46:29.
Obey parents,
Gen 28:7; 47:30.
Attend to parental teaching,
Pro 13:1.
Take care of parents,
Gen 45:9-11; 47:12; Mat 15:5.
Make their parents' hearts glad,
Pro 10:1; 23:24; 29:17.
Honor the aged,
Job 32:6, 7.
Character of, illustrates conversion,
Mat 18:3.
Illustrative of a teachable spirit,
Mat 18:4.
Children: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Neh 12:43; Psa 8:2; Pro 10:1; 13:1; 15:5, 20; 28:7; Ecc 4:13; Mal 1:6; Mat 21:15, 16
Children: Instances Of
Shem and Japheth,
Gen 9:23.
Isaac,
Gen 22:6-12.
Esau,
Gen 28:6-9.
Judah,
Gen 44:18-34.
Joseph,
Gen 45:9-13; 46:29; 47:11, 12; 48:12; 50:1-13.
Moses,
Exd 15:2; 18:7.
Jephthah's daughter,
Jdg 11:36.
Samson,
Jdg 13:24.
Ruth,
Rth 1:15-17.
Samuel,
1Sa 2:26; 3:10.
Saul,
1Sa 9:5.
David,
1Sa 22:3, 4; Psa 71:5, 17.
Solomon,
1Ki 2:19, 20; 3:3-13.
Abijah,
1Ki 14:13.
Obadiah,
1Ki 18:12.
Jehoshaphat,
1Ki 22:43; 2Ch 17:3.
The Israelitish maid, captive in Syria,
2Ki 5:2-4.
Jewish children,
2Ch 20:13; Neh 8:3.
Josiah,
2Ch 34:1-3.
Job,
Job 29:4.
Elihu,
Job 32:4-7.
Jeremiah,
Jer 1:5-7.
Children in the temple,
Mat 21:15.
John,
Luk 1:80.
Jesus,
Luk 2:52.
Timothy,
2Ti 1:5; 3:15.
Children: Wicked
Gen 8:21; Exd 21:15, 17; Num 32:14; Deu 21:18-21; 27:16; Job 13:26; 19:18; 20:11; 30:1, 12; Psa 144:7, 8, 11; Pro 7:7; 10:1; 13:1; 15:5, 20; 17:2, 21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 22:15; 23:22; 28:7, 24; 30:11, 17; Ecc 11:9, 10; Isa 3:5; Jer 3:25; 7:17, 18; 32:30; Eze 22:7; Mic 7:6; Mar 7:10; 13:12; Rom 1:30; 2Ti 3:2
Children: Wicked, Instances Of
Canaan,
Gen 9:25.
Lot's daughters,
Gen 19:14, 30-38.
Ishmael,
Gen 21:9.
Eli's sons,
1Sa 2:12, 22-25.
Samuel's sons,
1Sa 8:3.
Absalom,
2Sa 15.
Adonijah,
1Ki 1:5.
Abijam,
1Ki 15:3.
Ahaziah,
1Ki 22:52.
Children at Beth-el,
2Ki 2:23, 24.
Samaritans' descendants,
2Ki 17:41.
Adrammelech and Sharezer,
2Ki 19:37; 2Ch 32:21.
Amon,
2Ki 21:21.
Sennacherib's sons,
2Ki 19:37.
Children: Worship, Attend Divine
Jos 8:35; 2Ch 20:13; 31:16; Ezr 8:21; Neh 8:2, 3; 12:43; Mat 21:15; Luk 2:46
Children: Symbolical of the Regenerated
Mat 18:2-6; Mar 9:36, 37; 10:15; Luk 9:46-48
Children: Figurative
1Cr 13:11; 14:20; 1Pe 2:2
See BABES; YOUNG MEN.
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