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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 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:40 - “who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites,[fn] which make a quadrans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years,[fn] who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - “but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath,[fn] in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - “Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - ‘yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - “who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists,[fn] because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics 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 - Then he gave her his hand and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

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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 if they remain even as I am;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:3 - Honor widows who are really widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:4 - But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and[fn] acceptable before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, 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 - Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not unless she has been the wife of one man,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - But refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to 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[fn] woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are really widows.

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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 trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - “In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
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