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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 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:40 - who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but -- to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:2 - and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - and he said, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making 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 lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:8 - And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;

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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 - and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:9 - A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:16 - If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - 'As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;
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