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μαῖα

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Gloss: a midwife

Transliteration: maia

Strong’s: G8228

1. good mother, dame , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. a fostermother, nurse , (Euripides):—;also a true mother , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. a midwife , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
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