Quick Definition
χήρα, ας, ἡ n.f. a widow
Strong's Definition
feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of 5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: widow
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας
10.61 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage
widow a woman whose husband has died In rendering MRK 12:42 ‘poor widow’ may be translated as ‘poor woman whose husband had died.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χήρα, -as, ἡ, (fem. of the adj. χῆρος, ‘bereft’; akin to χέρσος, sterile, barren, and the Lat. careo, [but ef. Curtius § 192]), fr. Hom. Il. 6, 408 down, Sept. for 727, a widow: Mt. xxiii. 14 (13) Ree.; Mk. xii. 40, 42 sq.; Lk. ii. 37; iv. 253 vii. 12; xviii. 3,5; χχ. 47; xxi. 2sq.; Acts vi. 1; ix. 39,41; 1Co. vii. 8; 1 Tim. v. 3-5, 9, 11, 16; Jas. i. 27; with γυνή added (2S. xiv. 5, and often in the Grk. writ. fr. Hom. Il. 2, 289 down), Lk. iv. 26; a city stripped of inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow, Rev. xviii. 7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χήρα chēra 26x
a widow, Mt. 23:14; Lk. 4:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χήρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה ;]
a widow: Mt 23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mk 12:40-43, Lk 2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3, 5 20:47 21:2, 3, Ac 6:1 9:39, 41, I Co 7:8, I Ti 5:3-5, 11, 16, Ja 1:27; γυνὴ χ., Lk 4:26; of one of an ordo viduarum (v. CGT, in l.), I Ti 5:9; metaph., of a city forsaken, Re 18:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χῶρος 2. as prep. c. gen. ‘‘apart from,” ‘‘ without”: (a) of persons—P Oxy VI. 9321° (late ii/A.D.) τὰ χοιρίδια χωρὶς μοῦ μὴ πώλι, ‘do not sell the young pigs without me” (Edd.), and BGU III. 9204 (a.p, 180-181) χωρὶς κυρίου κατὰ τὰ “Pwpatfwv ἔθη. (b) of things—P Tebt I. 61 (α)} Ὁ (B.c. 118-117) χωρὶς σπέρματος Kal τῆς ἄλλης δα(πάνης), P Oxy IX. 1211" (medical receipt—ii/a.p.) πᾶν ἄρωμα χωρὶς λιβάνου, ‘every spice except frankincense.”’ (c) of abstract nouns (cf. Philem!, and the equivalent P Tebt I. 104*8 (8.6, 92) ἄνευ τῆς Φιλίσκου γνώ[μ]ης)--P Oxy IL. 237% 25 (a.p. 186) χωρὶς λόγον, 2. VIII. 112871 (A.D. 173) χωρὶς ὑπερθέσεως, “without delay,” and 76. VIII. 1130! (A.D. 484) χωρὶς ἐνγραφοῦς ἐντάγιον (= -lov), ‘‘ without a written deed.” 3 = ‘“‘besides”: (a) the object being excluded—P Oxy VIII. 112418 (A.D. 26) χωρὶς τῶν προκειμένων, ‘apart from the amounts aforesaid,” P Ryl 11. 1381% (a.p. 34) χωρὶς δὲ τούτου κατέλαβα τοῦτον... ., ‘over and beyond this 1 detected him . . .” (Edd.), P Amh 11. 859 (A.D. 78) χωρὶς τῆς kat ἄρουραν ἀρταβιήας, ‘‘excluding the tax of an artaba on each aroura” (Edd.), 26. 861 (A.D. 78) χωρὶς γνησίων δημοσίων, ‘‘excluding public charges proper”’ (Edd.), P Oxy I. ror! (A.p. 142) σπεῖραι καὶ ξυλαμῆσαι οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῆται χωρὶς ἰσάτεως καὶ dxopeviov, the lessee “‘may sow and gather whatever crops he chooses with the exception of woad and coriander (?)” (Edd.), 26. TV. 724° (A.D. 155) apprenticeship to a shorthand-writer at a certain salary χωρὶς ἑορτικῶν, ‘excluding holidays.” (b) the object being included, as in Mt 1421, 1538, 2 Cor 11°8;—P Oxy II. 2497 (supplementary property return— A.D, 80) ἀπογράφομαι. . χωρὶς τῶν προαπεγραψάμην , ‘‘I register in addition to what I have previously registered . . .,” P Ryl II. 1752 (A.D. 168) χωρὶς ἄλλων ὧν ὀφείλουσι, ‘apart from other sums which they owe” (Edd.), and BGU II. 393% (A.D. 168) ἄλλο δὲ οὐδὲ ἁπλῶς τελέσω τῷ καθόλου χωρὶς τῶν προκειμένων. 4. For χωρίς c. inf. cf. P Lond 11664 (Α.}. 42) (= III. Ρ- 105) χωρὶς τοῦ παράσχεσθαι τοὺς ὁμολοῦντας (1. ὁμολογοῦντας) τὴν καῦσιν-- “1 reference to the heating of baths, and BGU III. 55917 (ii/a.p.) ἐπελεζύ]σεσθαι τρόπῳ μηδενὶ... χωρὶς Tod μένειν κύρια καὶ τὰ προγεγρ(αμμένα). With 1 Cor 14° ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ διερμηνεύῃ (cl. 15", 1 Tim 51%), cf. C. and B. ii. p. 391, No. 254 χωρὶς εἰ μή τι πάθῃ ἡ θυγάτηρ pov. Mayser Gv. p. 245 cites a shortened form χῶρι from P Amh II. 1135 (A.D. 157) x@pt ἄλλων, but the same document shows χωρίς a few lines further down, 35 χω[ρὶ]ς ἄλλων. As in the case of all the prepositions, the monographs of Kuhring, Rossberg, and Regard (see Abbreviations I. General) should be consulted.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χήρα (chēra) — widow. χήρ-α, Ionic dialect χήρη, ἡ, widow, χῆραι γυναῖκες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a name of Hera, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. Comedy texts, of a dish, widowed, i.e. without sauce, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. later masculine χῆρος, widower, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. χῆρος, α, ον, Adj, metaphorically, bereaved, χῆρα μέλαθρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνή [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δρυμοὶ χ. bereft of men, [Refs 8th c.BC+] Sanskrit jáhāti 'abandon, renounce'.)