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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
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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 27 times in 25 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:14 - Other ancient authorities insert verse 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. - KJV Translation

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:40 - who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And having given her his hand, he raised her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her living.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:8 - But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:3 - Honour widows who are really widows;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:4 - but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope 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 - Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:16 - If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those that are widows indeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
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