Lexicon chéra: a widow Original Word: χήρα, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: chéra Phonetic Spelling: (khay'-rah) Short Definition: a widow Definition: a widow. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitiona widow NASB Translationwidow (13), widows (11), widows' (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5503: χήραχήρα, χήρας, ἡ (feminine of the adjective χῆρος, 'bereft'; akin to χέρσος, sterile, barren, and the Latin careo (but cf. Curtius, § 192)), from Homer, Iliad 6, 408 down, the Sept. for אַלְמָנָה, a widow: Matthew 23:14-13 Rec.; Mark 12:40, 42; Luke 2:37; Luke 4:25; Luke 7:12; Luke 18:3, 5; Luke 20:47; Luke 21:2; Acts 6:1; Acts 9:39, 41; 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Timothy 5:3-5, 9, 11, 16; James 1:27; with γυνή added ( 2 Samuel 14:5, and often in the Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 289 down), Luke 4:26; a city stripped of inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow, Revelation 18:7.
Strong's widow. Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively -- widow. see GREEK chasma |
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