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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 ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

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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 shall receive greater damnation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And he called his disciples, and saith to them, Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more, than all they who have cast into the treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - And she was a widow of about eighty four years, who departed not 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 in truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut three years and six months when great famine was 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, save to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and many people of the city were 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 my adversary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - Yet because this widow troubleth 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 show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - And he saw also a certain poor widow, casting in thither two mites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And he said, Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

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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 into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, 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 lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:3 - Honor widows that are widows indeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:4 - But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:9 - Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:16 - If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
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