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Lexicon :: Strong's G3737 - orphanos

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ὀρφανός
Transliteration
orphanos (Key)
Pronunciation
or-fan-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:487,734

Strong’s Definitions

ὀρφανός orphanós, or-fan-os'; of uncertain affinity; bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. parentless:—comfortless, fatherless.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3737 in the following manner: comfortless (1x), fatherless (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3737 in the following manner: comfortless (1x), fatherless (1x).

  1. bereft (of a father, of parents)

    1. of those bereft of a teacher, guide, guardian

    2. orphaned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀρφανός orphanós, or-fan-os'; of uncertain affinity; bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. parentless:—comfortless, fatherless.
STRONGS G3737:
ὀρφανός, ὀρφανη, ὀρφανόν (ὈΡΦΟΣ, Latinorbus; (Curtius, § 404)), from Homer, Odyssey 20, 68 down, the Sept. for יָתום; bereft (of a father, of parents), James 1:27 (A. V. fatherless); of those bereft of a teacher, guide, guardian, John 14:18 (Lamentations 5:3).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Lamentations
5:3
John
14:18
James
1:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3737 matches the Greek ὀρφανός (orphanos),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
nor any to pity his fatherless children!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
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