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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 9 times in 9 verses in 'Luk' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and then as a widow G5503 to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But I say to you in truth, there were many widows G5503 in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a [fn]severe 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 sent to none of them, but only to [fn]Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow G5503.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - Now as He approached the gate of the city, [fn]a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow G5503; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - “Now there was a widow G5503 in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my [fn]opponent.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet because this widow G5503 is bothering me, I will give her justice; otherwise [fn]by continually coming she will wear me out.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - who [fn]devour widows’ G5503 houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - And He saw a poor widow G5503 putting [fn]in two [fn]lepta coins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow G5503 put in more than all of them;
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