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 · χηρῶνwho are devouring the widows’ houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.’Mark 12:42 · χήραand having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.Mark 12:43 · χήραAnd 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;Luke 2:37 · χήραand she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,Luke 4:25 · χῆραιand 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,Luke 4:26 · χήραν.and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but—to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;Luke 7:12 · χήρα·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.Luke 18:3 · χήραand a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,Luke 18:5 · χήρανyet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.’Luke 20:47 · χηρῶνwho devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.’Luke 21:2 · χήρανand he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,Luke 21:3 · χήραand he said, ‘Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;Acts 6:1 · χῆραιAnd 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,Acts 9:39 · χῆραιAnd 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.Acts 9:41 · χήραςand having given her his hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,1 Corinthians 7:8 · χήραις,And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;1 Timothy 5:3 · χήρας · χήρας.honour widows who are really widows;1 Timothy 5:4 · χήραand 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.1 Timothy 5:5 · χήραAnd 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,1 Timothy 5:9 · χήραA widow—let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,1 Timothy 5:11 · χήραςand younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,1 Timothy 5:16 · χήρας, · χήραιςIf 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.James 1:27 · χήραςreligion 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.Revelation 18:7 · χήρα‘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;