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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 44 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows love for the sojourner by giving him food and clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female slaves and the Levite who is within your gates and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall be glad in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female slaves and the Levite and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are within your gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 -

“You shall not pervert the justice [fn]due a sojourner or [fn]an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 -

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - “When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 -

“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 -

“When you have finished [fn]paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the [fn]orphan, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “Then you shall say before Yahweh your God, ‘I have purged the sacred portion from my house, and I also have given it to the Levite and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not trespassed against or forgotten any of Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 -

‘Cursed is he who perverts the justice due a sojourner, [fn]orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 -

“You would even cast lots for the orphans

And bargain over your friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 -

“You have sent widows away empty,

And the [fn]might of the orphans has been crushed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 -

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 -

[fn]Others snatch the orphan from the breast,

And against the afflicted they take a pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 -

“Drought and heat seize the snow waters,

So does Sheol those who have sinned.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help,

And the orphan who had no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 -

Or have eaten my morsel alone,

And the orphan has not eaten from it

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 -

If I have waved my hand against the orphan

Because I saw my help in the gate,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

Resh

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 -

To give justice to the orphan and the oppressed,

So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 -

A father of the fatherless and a judge [fn]for the widows,

Is God in His holy habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 -

Give justice to the poor and the orphan;

Justify the afflicted and destitute.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 -

They slay the widow and the sojourner

And murder the orphans.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 -

Let his sons be orphans

And his wife a widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 -

Let there be none to [fn]extend lovingkindness to him,

And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 -

Yahweh keeps the sojourners;

He [fn]helps up the orphan and the widow,

But He bends the way of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 -

Do not move the ancient boundary

And do not come into the fields of the orphans,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 -

Learn to do good;

Seek justice,

Reprove the ruthless,

Execute justice for the [fn]orphan,

Plead for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 -

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves a bribe

And pursues rewards.

They do not execute justice for the [fn]orphan,

Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 -

Therefore the Lord is not glad in their choice men,

Nor does He have compassion on their [fn]orphans or their widows;

For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,

And every mouth is speaking wicked foolishness.

In spite of all this, His anger does not turn back,

And His hand is still stretched out.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 -

So as to turn the poor away from their cause

And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,

So that widows may be their spoil

And that they may plunder the [fn]orphans.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 -

‘They are fat, they are sleek;

They also [fn]excel in deeds of evil;

They do not plead the cause,

The cause of the [fn]orphan, that they may succeed;

And they do not [fn]render justice for the poor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the sojourner, the [fn]orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 -

“Leave your [fn]orphans behind, I will keep them alive;

And let your widows trust in Me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 -

We have become orphans without a father;

Our mothers are like widows.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - “They have treated father and mother with contempt within you. The sojourner they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have mistreated in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 -

“Assyria will not save us;

We will not ride on horses,

Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’

To the work of our hands;

For in You the [fn]orphan finds compassion.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 -

And they covet fields and then tear them away,

And houses, and take them away.

And they oppress a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and do not oppress the widow or the [fn]orphan, the sojourner or the afflicted; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 -

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the [fn]orphan, and those who turn aside the sojourner and do not [fn]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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