Μαρία

Μαρία, -ας (Hellenized form), and Μαριάμ, indecl., ἡ (Aram. מַרְיָם; Heb. מִרְיָם)

Mary. In NT;

1. the mother of Jesus: Matt 1,16 ff. Matt 2,11; 13,55, Mark 6,3, Luk 1,27 ff. Luk 2,5, 16; 2,19, 34, ApG 1,14

2. M. Magdalene (which see).

3. The wife of Clopas (Joh 19,25) and mother of James the little, and Joses: Matt 27,56, 61; 28,1, Mark 15,40, 47; 16,1, Luk 24,10.

4. The sister of Martha and Lazarus: Luk 10,39, 42 Joh 11,1-2, 19 ff. Joh 12,3.

5. The mother of John Mark: ApG 12,12,

6. A Christian greeted by St. Paul: Rom 16,6 (on the signification of the name, see Zorell, see word; on the use of the alternative forms in NT, DB, iii, 278 bn).†