χήρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה ;] a widow: Mat.23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mrk.12:40-43, Luk.2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3, 5 20:47 21:2-3, Act.6:1 9:39, 41, 1Co.7:8, 1Ti.5:3-5 5:11 5:16, Jas.1:27; γυνὴ χ., Luk.4:26; of one of an ordo viduarum (see CGT, in l), 1Ti.5:9; metaphorically, of a city forsaken, Rev.18:7.† (AS)
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G5503 — χήρα
chēra · widow · Greek
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Mark 12:40 · χηρῶνThey defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”Mark 12:42 · χήραThen one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.Mark 12:43 · χήραJesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.Luke 2:37 · χήραand then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.Luke 4:25 · χῆραιBut I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.Luke 4:26 · χήραν.Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.Luke 7:12 · χήρα·As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.Luke 18:3 · χήραAnd there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’Luke 18:5 · χήρανyet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”Luke 20:47 · χηρῶνThey defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”Luke 21:2 · χήρανand He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.Luke 21:3 · χήρα“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.Acts 6:1 · χῆραιIn those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.Acts 9:39 · χῆραιSo Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.Acts 9:41 · χήραςPeter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.1 Corinthians 7:8 · χήραις,Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.1 Timothy 5:3 · χήρας · χήρας.Honor the widows who are truly widows.1 Timothy 5:4 · χήραBut if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.1 Timothy 5:5 · χήραThe widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.1 Timothy 5:9 · χήραA widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,1 Timothy 5:11 · χήραςBut refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,1 Timothy 5:16 · χήρας, · χήραιςIf any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.James 1:27 · χήραςPure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.Revelation 18:7 · χήραAs much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’