Strong's Lexicon
G5503 — χήρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5503 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χήρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 through the idea of deficiency |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 26 |
| Transliteration: | chera |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khay'-rah |
| Meaning: | 1. a widow (as lacking a husband) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | widow |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χήρα, χήρας, ἡ (feminine of the adjective χῆρος, ’bereft’; akin to χέρσος, sterile, barren, and the Latincareo (but cf. Curtius, § 192)), from Homer, Iliad 6, 408 down, the Sept. for àÇìÀîÈðÈä, a widow: Matthew 23:14-13Rec.; Mar 12:40; Mar 12:42; Luk 2:37; Luk 4:25; Luk 7:12; Luk 18:3; Luk 18:5; Luk 20:47; Luk 21:2; Act 6:1; Act 9:39; Act 9:41; 1Co 7:8; 1Ti 5:3-5; 1Ti 5:9; 1Ti 5:11; 1Ti 5:16; Jas 1:27; with γυνή added (2Sa 14:5, and often in the Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 289 down), Luk 4:26; a city stripped of inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow, Rev 18:7.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
χήρα (widow)
Matthew 23:14
- KJV: Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayer therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι κλείετε την βασιλείαν των ουρανών έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων υμείς γαρ ουκ εισέρχεσθε ουδέ τους εισερχομένους αφίετε εισελθείν
Mark 12:40
- KJV: Which devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayers these shall receive greater damnation
- GK: οι κατεσθίοντες τας οικίας των χηρών και προφάσει μακρά προσευχόμενοι ούτοι λήψονται περισσότερον κρίμα
Mark 12:42
- KJV: And there came a certain poor widow and she threw in two mites which make a farthing
- GK: και ελθούσα μία χήρα πτωχή έβαλε λεπτά δύο ο εστι κοδράντης
Mark 12:43
- KJV: And he called his disciples and saith unto them Verily I say unto you That this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury
- GK: και προσκαλεσάμενος τους μαθητάς αυτού λέγει αυτοίς αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι η χήρα αύτη η πτωχή πλείον πάντων βέβληκε των βαλόντων εις το γαζοφυλάκιον
Luke 2:37
- KJV: And she a widow of about fourscore and four years which departed not from the temple but served with fastings and prayers night and day
- GK: και αύτη χήρα ως ετών ογδοηκοντατεσσάρων η ουκ αφίστατο από του ιερού νηστείαις και δεήσεσι λατρεύουσα νύκτα και ημέραν
Luke 4:25
- KJV: But I tell you of a truth many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias when the heaven was shut up three years and six months when great famine was throughout all the land
- GK: επ΄ αληθείας δε λέγω υμίν πολλαί χήραι ήσαν εν ταις ημέραις Ηλίου εν τω Ισραήλ ότε εκλείσθη ο ουρανός επί έτη τρία και μήνας εξ ως εγένετο λιμός μέγας επί πάσαν την γην
Luke 4:26
- KJV: But unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta of Sidon unto a woman a widow
- GK: και προς ουδεμίαν αυτών επέμφθη Ηλίας ει εις Σάρεπτα της Σιδώνος προς γυναίκα χήραν
Luke 7:12
- KJV: Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city behold there was a dead man carried out the only son of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the city was with her
- GK: ως δε ήγγισε τη πύλη της πόλεως και ιδού εξεκομίζετο τεθνηκώς υιός μονογενής τη μητρί αυτού και αυτή ην χήρα και όχλος της πόλεως ικανός συν αυτή
Luke 18:3
- KJV: And there was a widow in that city and she came unto him saying Avenge me of mine adversary
- GK: χήρα δε ην εν τη πόλει εκείνη και ήρχετο προς αυτόν λέγουσα εκδίκησόν με από του αντιδίκου μου