G5503Noun, feminine26 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
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In the text
- Mark 12:40χηρῶν
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- Luke 4:25χῆραι
But 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.
- Acts 6:1χῆραι
In 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.
- 1 Corinthians 7:8χήραις
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
- 1 Timothy 5:3χήρας
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
- James 1:27χήρας
Pure 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.
Abbott-Smith
[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.†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.