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G5503χήρα chḗra — a widow (as lacking a husband),
literally or figurativelyH490אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh — a widowH491אַלְמָנוּת ʼalmânûwth — concrete, a widowH2992יָבַם yâbam — to marry a (deceased) brother's widowH1350גָּאַל gâʼal — to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Verses(5+)
- Verse1 Timothy 5:3Honor the widows who are truly widows.
- VerseExodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
- VersePsalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- VersePsalms 109:9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
- VerseLuke 21:2and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
Words (Strong's)(5)
- WordG5503 χήρα · chḗra (Greek)a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
- WordH490 אַלְמָנָה · ʼalmânâh (Hebrew)a widow
- WordH491 אַלְמָנוּת · ʼalmânûwth (Hebrew)concrete, a widow
- WordH2992 יָבַם · yâbam (Hebrew)to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
- WordH1350 גָּאַל · gâʼal (Hebrew)to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Topics(1)
Feature Pages(3)
- FeaturePrayer in Luke — Jesus at Every HingeThe Gospel of prayer: Jesus praying at the baptism, the Twelve, the confession, the mountain, the garden, the cross — plus the three prayer-parables found only here.
- FeatureElisha — the Double PortionA double portion asked for at the Jordan, and a miracle-catalog that doubles Elijah's — reaching, in Naaman, the story Jesus cites as proof grace was never meant to stop at Israel's border.
- FeatureRuth — the Study GuideThe LORD's hesed reaching a Moabite widow, and the kinsman-redeemer who rehearses Christ — full to empty to full across four chapters.
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceJudith 8:4So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months.
- Study resourceBaruch 6:38They can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
- Study resource2 Esdras 2:20Do right to the widow, judge for the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
- Study resourceSirach 35:14He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
- Study resourceBaruch 4:16These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.