Word Study · Strong's G3737 · Greek

ὀρφανός

orphanos

or-fan-os'

Strong's 1890 spelling: orphanós

“bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. parentless”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. parentless

Rendered in the KJV as

comfortless, fatherless.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

ὀρφανοὺς1
ὀρφανούς,1

How it is rendered · 2

as orphans,1
orphans1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural2

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A-APM · 2

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Where this word lives

John1 of 2 · 50%
James1 of 2 · 50%

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John1 occurrence

John 14:18ὀρφανούς,orphanousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralI will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.here: as orphans,

James1 occurrence

James 1:27ὀρφανοὺςorphanousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralPure 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.here: orphans

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