G5503

χήρα

chēra

Feminine noun · Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of χάσμα (G5490) through the idea of deficiency

Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively:—widow.

Outline

a widow
metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow

Usages

Matthew 23:14

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

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Mark 12:40

Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

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Mark 12:42

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

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Mark 12:43

And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,

Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

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Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

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Luke 4:25

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

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Luke 4:26

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

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Luke 7:12

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

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Luke 18:3

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

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Luke 18:5

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

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Luke 20:47

Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

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Luke 21:2

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

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Luke 21:3

And he said,

Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

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Acts 6:1

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Breakdown

Grecians Ἑλληνιστής (hel-lā-nē-stā's) - Israelite Foreigner.

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Acts 9:39

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

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Acts 9:41

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

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1 Corinthians 7:8

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

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1 Timothy 5:3

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

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1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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1 Timothy 5:5

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

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1 Timothy 5:9

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

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1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

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1 Timothy 5:16

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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Revelation 18:7

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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lived deliciously Elites of Esau.

Precepts

Isaiah 47:8

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