Mother-In-Law
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MOTHER-IN-LAW

See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.

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. ...
/hebrew/2545.htm - 6k

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 ...
/hebrew/2859.htm - 6k

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

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 ...
/b/bo'az.htm - 12k

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. ...
/d/daughter-in-law.htm - 12k

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 ...
/g/glean.htm - 11k

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 ...
/g/gleaned.htm - 8k

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 ...
/d/declareth.htm - 27k

Resources
Dealing with a mother-in-law...? | GotQuestions.org

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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)

Orpah (2 Occurrences)

Glean (12 Occurrences)

Gleaned (6 Occurrences)

Declareth (71 Occurrences)

Ruth (19 Occurrences)

Daughter (320 Occurrences)

Noticed (19 Occurrences)

Labored (35 Occurrences)

Wroughtest (2 Occurrences)

Fevered (2 Occurrences)

Discerning (29 Occurrences)

Divided (102 Occurrences)

Mother-in (1 Occurrence)

Attacking (73 Occurrences)

Ill (137 Occurrences)

Showed (164 Occurrences)

Notice (44 Occurrences)

Barley (35 Occurrences)

Entered (291 Occurrences)

Worked (145 Occurrences)

Bed (142 Occurrences)

Wrought (186 Occurrences)

Relationships (1 Occurrence)

Homeland (8 Occurrences)

Variance (1 Occurrence)

Kissed (26 Occurrences)

Knewest (11 Occurrences)

Kisseth (14 Occurrences)

Nativity (9 Occurrences)

Na'omi (21 Occurrences)

Odds (1 Occurrence)

Late (24 Occurrences)

Gleaning (10 Occurrences)

Grain-floor (27 Occurrences)

Good-by (8 Occurrences)

Girls (27 Occurrences)

Wheat-harvest (6 Occurrences)

Informed (39 Occurrences)

I've (7 Occurrences)

Treats (7 Occurrences)

Townsmen (18 Occurrences)

Rising (162 Occurrences)

Empty-handed (13 Occurrences)

Elimelech (6 Occurrences)

Delay (47 Occurrences)

Dishonouring (1 Occurrence)

Dishonors (6 Occurrences)

Dishonoureth (4 Occurrences)

Dishonoreth (3 Occurrences)

Maidens (40 Occurrences)

Mother-of-pearl (1 Occurrence)

Maids (28 Occurrences)

Pressed (65 Occurrences)

Bad (129 Occurrences)

Bade (27 Occurrences)

Barley-harvest (3 Occurrences)

Begged (71 Occurrences)

Consulted (33 Occurrences)

Cleaved (36 Occurrences)

Clung (7 Occurrences)

Cleaveth (26 Occurrences)

Capernaum (16 Occurrences)

Clave (16 Occurrences)

Completion (40 Occurrences)

Contemptuously (4 Occurrences)

Cleave (52 Occurrences)

Acute (4 Occurrences)

Attack (221 Occurrences)

Afflicted (171 Occurrences)

Sufficed (4 Occurrences)

Servant-girls (12 Occurrences)

Sleeps (20 Occurrences)

Security (41 Occurrences)

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