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Lexicon :: Strong's G5503 - chēra

Aa
χήρα
Transliteration
chēra (Key)
Pronunciation
khay'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of χάσμα (G5490) through the idea of deficiency
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:440,1313

Strong’s Definitions

χήρα chḗra, khay'-rah; feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively:—widow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G5503 in the following manner: widow (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G5503 in the following manner: widow (27x).

  1. a widow

  2. metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χήρα chḗra, khay'-rah; feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively:—widow.
STRONGS G5503:
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 אַלְמָנָה, a widow: Matthew 23:14-13Rec.; 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
14:5
Mark
12:40; 12:42
Luke
2:37; 4:25; 4:26; 7:12; 18:3; 18:5; 20:47; 21:2
Acts
6:1; 9:39; 9:41
1 Corinthians
7:8
1 Timothy
5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:9; 5:11; 5:16
James
1:27
Revelation
18:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5503 matches the Greek χήρα (chēra),
which occurs 56 times in 54 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 38:11–Eze 22:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - But if a priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - And thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed any of thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:26 - And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 -
Thou hast sent widows away empty,
And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 -
They drive away the ass of the fatherless;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:15 -
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death,
And his widows shall make no lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:13 -
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me;
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 -
If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 -
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,
Is God in his holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:64

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:64 -
Their priests fell by the sword;
And their widows made no lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 -
They slay the widow and the sojourner,
And murder the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 -
Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 -
Jehovah preserveth the sojourners;
He upholdeth the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:25 -
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud;
But he will establish the border of the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 - Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 -
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!
She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations!
She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 -
We are orphans and fatherless;
Our mothers are as widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

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