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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.
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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 44 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You must not exploit a widow or an orphan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all your work.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - This is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don’t go over the boughs twice. Leave the remaining olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don’t glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then you must declare in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - ‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - You would even send an orphan into slavery[fn]
or sell a friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They take the orphan’s donkey
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - “The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast,
taking the baby as security for a loan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - The grave[fn] consumes sinners
just as drought and heat consume snow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - Have I been stingy with my food
and refused to share it with orphans?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - “If I raised my hand against an orphan,
knowing the judges would take my side,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
You defend the orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—
this is God, whose dwelling is holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - “Give justice to the poor and the orphan;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They kill widows and foreigners
and murder orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - May his children become fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - Let no one be kind to him;
let no one pity his fatherless children.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD protects the foreigners among us.
He cares for the orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your leaders are rebels,
the companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
and demand payoffs,
but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans
or fight for the rights of widows.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men
and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans.
For they are all wicked hypocrites,
and they all speak foolishness.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - They are fat and sleek,
and there is no limit to their wicked deeds.
They refuse to provide justice to orphans
and deny the rights of the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - But I will protect the orphans who remain among you.
Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - We are orphaned and fatherless.
Our mothers are widowed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - When you want a piece of land,
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family’s inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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