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Lexicon :: Strong's G5503 - chēra

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χήρα
Transliteration
chēra (Key)
Pronunciation
khay'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of χάσμα (G5490) through the idea of deficiency
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:440,1313

Strong’s Definitions

χήρα chḗra, khay'-rah; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G5503 in the following manner: widow (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G5503 in the following manner: widow (27x).

  1. a widow

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χήρα chḗra, khay'-rah; 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.
STRONGS G5503:
χήρα, χήρας, ἡ (feminine of the adjective χῆρος, 'bereft'; akin to χέρσος, sterile, barren, and the Latincareo (but cf. Curtius, § 192)), from Homer, Iliad 6, 408 down, the Sept. for אַלְמָנָה, a widow: Matthew 23:14-13Rec.; Mark 12:40, 42; Luke 2:37; Luke 4:25; Luke 7:12; Luke 18:3, 5; Luke 20:47; Luke 21:2; Acts 6:1; Acts 9:39, 41; 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Timothy 5:3-5, 9, 11, 16; James 1:27; with γυνή added (2 Samuel 14:5, and often in the Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 289 down), Luke 4:26; a city stripped of inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow, Revelation 18:7.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
14:5
Mark
12:40; 12:42
Luke
2:37; 4:25; 4:26; 7:12; 18:3; 18:5; 20:47; 21:2
Acts
6:1; 9:39; 9:41
1 Corinthians
7:8
1 Timothy
5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:9; 5:11; 5:16
James
1:27
Revelation
18:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5503 matches the Greek χήρα (chēra),
which occurs 26 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:40 - [these scribes] who devour (confiscate) widows’ houses, and offer long prayers for appearance’s sake [to impress others]. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a [fn]mite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this poor widow put in [proportionally] more than all the contributors to the treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the [area of the] temple, but was serving and worshiping night and day with fastings and prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and yet Elijah was not sent [by the Lord] to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - Now as He approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her [in the funeral procession].

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - “There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will give her justice and legal protection; otherwise [fn]by continually coming she [will be an intolerable annoyance and she] will wear me out.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - “These [men] who confiscate and devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense [to appear devout] offer long prayers. These [men] will receive the greater [sentence of] condemnation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - And He saw a poor widow putting in two [fn]small copper coins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in [proportionally] more than all of them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 -

Now about this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, a complaint was made by the [fn]Hellenists (Greek-speaking Jews) against the [[fn]native] Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - So Peter got up [at once] and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upstairs room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing [him] all the [fn]tunics and robes that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And he gave her his hand and helped her up; and then he called in the [fn]saints (God’s people) and the widows, and he presented her [to them] alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:8 -

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, [that as a practical matter] it is good if they remain [single and entirely devoted to the Lord] [fn]as I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:3 -

Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:4 - But if a widow has children or grandchildren [who are adults], see to it that these first learn to show great respect to their own family [as their religious duty and natural obligation], and to compensate their parents or grandparents [for their upbringing]; for this is acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - Now a woman who is really a widow and has been left [entirely] alone [without adequate income] trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:9 -

A widow is to be put on the list [to receive regular assistance] only if she is over sixty years of age, [having been] the wife of one man,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - But refuse [to enroll the] younger widows, for when they feel their natural desires in disregard of Christ, they wish to marry again,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:16 - If any believing woman has [dependent] widows [in her household], [fn]she must assist them [according to her ability]; and the church must not be burdened [with them], so that it may assist those who are truly widows [those who are all alone and are dependent].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - “To the degree that she glorified herself and reveled and gloated in her sensuality [living deliciously and luxuriously], to that same degree impose on her torment and anguish, and mourning and grief; for in her heart she boasts, ‘I SIT AS A QUEEN [on a throne] AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never, ever see mourning or experience grief.’
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