Quick Definition
a widow
Strong's Definition
a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
Derivation: feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of deficiency;
KJV Usage: widow
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 ΰΗμΐξΘπΘδ, a widow: Matthew 23:14-1 3Rec.; 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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χήρα chēra 26x
a widow, Mat_23:14 ; Luk_4:26 widow.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χήρα , -ας , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H490 ;]
a widow: Mat_23:13 ( Rec. , R , mg .), Mar_12:40-43 , Luk_2:37 ; Luk_4:25 ; Luk_7:12 ; Luk_18:3 ; Luk_18:5 ; Luk_20:47 ; Luk_21:2-3 , Act_6:1 ; Act_9:39 ; Act_9:41 , 1Co_7:8 , 1Ti_5:3-5 ; 1Ti_5:11 ; 1Ti_5:16 , Jas_1:27 ; γυνὴ χ ., Luk_4:26 ; of one of an ordo viduarum ( v. CGT , in l ), 1Ti_5:9 ; metaph ., of a city forsaken, Rev_18:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χήρα [page 688]
a widow : cf. Syll 468 (= .8 531) .17 (iii/B.C.) χήρα ἐλευ [θέρα καὶ ἐξ ] ἐλευθέ [ρων , BGU II. 522 .7 (ii/A.D.) αὐτὴ δέομαι , γυ [νὴ ] χήρα καὶ ἀθοήτητος ( l. ἀβοήθητος ) ἐπιτ [υχε ]ι̣ͅν τῆς αὐτῆς φιλανθρωπίας , P Oxy VIII. 1120 .12 (a petition-early iii/A.D.) κατὰ τοῦτο μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν γυνὴ χήρα καὶ ἀσθενής , I accordingly testify to his violence, being a feeble widow woman, P Ryl II. 114 .5 ( c. A.D. 280) τὸ μετριοφιλές σου αἰσθομένη , [δέσποτά μου ἡ ]γεμών , καὶ περὶ πάντας κηδεμονίαν , [μάλιστα περὶ γυ ]ναῖκας καὶ χήρας τὴν προσέλευσιν ποι [οῦμαί σοι . . ., perceiving your love of equity, my lord praefect, and your care for all, especially women and widows, I approach you. . . (Edd.), and BGU II. 412 .6 (iv/A.D.). For the ordo viduarum , see Lock ICC ad 1Ti. 5:3 ff. , and for they which devour widows houses (Mar. 12:40), see Abrahams Studies in Pharisaism i. p. 79 ff.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χήρα χήρα, ionic χήρη, ἡ, "bereft of a husband, a widow", Lat. vidua, c. gen., χήρη σευ ἔσομαι, says Andromache to Hector, Il. ; χῆραι γυναῖκες "widow" women, id=Il. ; so Eur. , etc. from χήρα was formed the masc. χῆρος (as "widower" from "widow)", Anth. χῆρος, α, ον, as adj., in metaph. sense, "widowed, bereaved", χῆρα μέλαθρα Eur. ; c. gen., φάρσος στελεοῦ χῆρον a piece "torn from" the stem, Anth. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χήρα, -ας, ἡ
[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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