Μαρία, -ας (Hellenized form), and Μαριάμ, indecl, ἡ (Aram. מַרְיָם;
Heb. (
MT) מִרְיָם) Mary. In NT; 1)
the mother of Jesus: Mat.1:16 ff. Mat.2:11 13:55, Mrk.6:3, Luk.1:27 ff. Luk.2:5, 16 2:19, 34, Act.1:14 2) M. Magdalene (which see). 3) The wife of Clopas (Jhn.19:25) and mother of James the little,
and Joses: Mat.27:56, 61 28:1, Mrk.15:40, 47 16:1, Luk.24:10. 4)
The sister of Martha and Lazarus: Luk.10:39, 42 Jhn.11:1-2, 19 ff. Jhn.12:3. 5)
The mother of John Mark: Act.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). (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)