Found just once in the New Testament (Heb. 7:3Heb. 7:3
English: American Standard Version (1901) - ASV
3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.
WP-Bible plugin), the Greek adjective “ametor” meant “without mother” or “motherless.” The author of the Hebrew letter said Melchizedek was “motherless.” This statement, of course, is not literally true. Melchizedek did have a mother, but the genealogy for her as well as Melchizedek is unknown.
The Greek word ametor
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