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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 27 times in 25 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:14 - Woe G3759 unto you, G5213 scribes G1122 and G2532 Pharisees, G5330 hypocrites! G5273 for G3754 ye devour G2719 widows' G5503 houses, G3614 and G2532 for a pretence G4392 make G4336 ➔ long G3117 prayer: G4336 therefore G1223 G5124 ye shall receive G2983 the greater G4055 damnation. G2917

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:40 - Which devour G2719 widows' G5503 houses, G3614 and G2532 for a pretence G4392 make G4336 ➔ long G3117 prayers: G4336 these G3778 shall receive G2983 greater G4055 damnation. G2917

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - And G2532 there came G2064 a certain G3391 poor G4434 widow, G5503 and she threw in G906 two G1417 mites, G3016 which make G3603 a farthing. G2835

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And G2532 he called G4341 unto him his G846 disciples, G3101 and saith G3004 unto them, G846 Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 That G3754 this G3778 poor G4434 widow G5503 hath cast G906 ➔ more G4119 in, G906 than all G3956 they which have cast G906 into G1519 the treasury: G1049

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - And G2532 she G3778 was a widow G5503 of about G5613 fourscore G3589 and four G5064 years, G2094 which G3739 departed G868 not G3756 from G575 the temple, G2411 but served G3000 God with fastings G3521 and G2532 prayers G1162 night G3571 and G2532 day. G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But G1161 I tell G3004 you G5213 of G1909 a truth, G225 many G4183 widows G5503 were G2258 in G1722 Israel G2474 in G1722 the days G2250 of Elias, G2243 when G3753 the heaven G3772 was shut up G2808 G1909 three G5140 years G2094 and G2532 six G1803 months, G3376 when G5613 great G3173 famine G3042 was G1096 throughout G1909 all G3956 the land; G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - But G2532 unto G4314 none G3762 of them G846 was G3992 ➔ Elias G2243 sent, G3992 save G1508 unto G1519 Sarepta, G4558 a city of Sidon, G4605 unto G4314 a woman G1135 that was a widow. G5503

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - Now G1161 when G5613 he came nigh G1448 to the gate G4439 of the city, G4172 behold, G2532 G2400 there was G1580 ➔ a dead man G2348 carried out, G1580 the only G3439 son G5207 of his G846 mother, G3384 and G2532 she G846 was G2258 a widow: G5503 and G2532 much G2425 people G3793 of the city G4172 was G2258 with G4862 her. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - And G1161 there was G2258 a widow G5503 in G1722 that G1565 city; G4172 and G2532 she came G2064 unto G4314 him, G846 saying, G3004 Avenge G1556 me G3165 of G575 mine G3450 adversary. G476

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - Yet G1065 because G1223 this G5026 widow G5503 troubleth G3930 G2873 me, G3427 I will avenge G1556 her, G846 lest G3363 by G1519 her continual G5056 coming G2064 she weary G5299 me. G3165

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - Which G3739 devour G2719 widows' G5503 houses, G3614 and G2532 for a shew G4392 make G4336 ➔ long G3117 prayers: G4336 the same G3778 shall receive G2983 greater G4055 damnation. G2917

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - And G1161 he saw G1492 also G2532 a certain G5100 poor G3998 widow G5503 casting G906 in thither G1563 two G1417 mites. G3016

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And G2532 he said, G2036 Of a truth G230 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 that G3754 this G3778 poor G4434 widow G5503 hath cast G906 in more than G4119 they all: G3956

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - And G1161 in G1722 those G5025 days, G2250 when the number G4129 ➔ of the disciples G3101 was multiplied, G4129 there arose G1096 a murmuring G1112 of the Grecians G1675 against G4314 the Hebrews, G1445 because G3754 their G846 widows G5503 were neglected G3865 in G1722 the daily G2522 ministration. G1248

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - Then G1161 Peter G4074 arose G450 and went with G4905 them. G846 When he G3739 was come, G3854 they brought him G321 into G1519 the upper chamber: G5253 and G2532 all G3956 the widows G5503 stood by G3936 him G846 weeping, G2799 and G2532 shewing G1925 the coats G5509 and G2532 garments G2440 which G3745 Dorcas G1393 made, G4160 while she was G5607 with G3326 them. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And G1161 he gave G1325 her G846 his hand, G5495 and lifted G450 ➔ her G846 up, G450 and G1161 when he had called G5455 the saints G40 and G2532 widows, G5503 presented G3936 her G846 alive. G2198

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:8 - I say G3004 therefore G1161 to the unmarried G22 and G2532 widows, G5503 It is G2076 good G2570 for them G846 if G1437 they abide G3306 even G2504 ➔ as G5613 I. G2504

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:3 - Honour G5091 widows G5503 that are widows G5503 indeed. G3689

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:4 - But G1161 if any G1536 widow G5503 have G2192 children G5043 or G2228 nephews, G1549 let them learn G3129 first G4412 to shew piety G2151 at home, G2398 G3624 and G2532 to requite G287 G591 their parents: G4269 for G1063 that G5124 is G2076 good G2570 and G2532 acceptable G587 before G1799 God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - Now G1161 she that is a widow G5503 indeed, G3689 and G2532 desolate, G3443 trusteth G1679 in G1909 God, G2316 and G2532 continueth G4357 in supplications G1162 and G2532 prayers G4335 night G3571 and G2532 day. G2250

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:9 - Let G2639 ➔ not G3361 a widow G5503 be taken into the number G2639 under G1640 threescore G1835 years old, G2094 having been G1096 the wife G1135 of one G1520 man, G435

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - But G1161 the younger G3501 widows G5503 refuse: G3868 for G1063 when G3752 they have begun to wax wanton against G2691 Christ, G5547 they will G2309 marry; G1060

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:16 - If any G1536 man G4103 or G2228 woman that believeth G4103 have G2192 widows, G5503 let them relieve G1884 them, G846 and G2532 let G916 ➔ not G3361 the church G1577 be charged; G916 that G2443 it may relieve G1884 them that are widows G5503 indeed. G3689

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure G2513 religion G2356 and G2532 undefiled G283 before G3844 God G2316 and G2532 the Father G3962 is G2076 this, G3778 To visit G1980 the fatherless G3737 and G2532 widows G5503 in G1722 their G846 affliction, G2347 and to keep G5083 himself G1438 unspotted G784 from G575 the world. G2889

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - How much G3745 she hath glorified G1392 herself, G1438 and G2532 lived deliciously, G4763 so much G5118 torment G929 and G2532 sorrow G3997 give G1325 her: G846 for G3754 she saith G3004 in G1722 her G846 heart, G2588 I sit G2521 a queen, G938 and G2532 am G1510 no G3756 widow, G5503 and G2532 shall see G1492 no G3364 sorrow. G3997
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