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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5503 - χήρα

Transliteration

chḗra

Phonetics

khay'-rah

Root Word (Etymology)

feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of (G5490) through the idea of deficiency

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

9:440,1313

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 490 ‑ אַלְמָנָה (al‑maw‑naw'); 1565 ‑ גַּלְמוּד (gal‑mood');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (26)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 9

Acts 3

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 7

James 1

Revelation 1

NAS (27)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 9

Acts 3

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 8

James 1

Revelation 1

HCS (26)

Mark 3

Luke 9

Acts 3

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 8

James 1

Revelation 1

BSB (26)

Mark 3

Luke 9

Acts 3

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 8

James 1

Revelation 1

ESV (25)

Mark 3

Luke 8

Acts 3

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 8

James 1

Revelation 1

WEB (27)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 9

Acts 3

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 8

James 1

Revelation 1

KJV (26)

widow 13

widows 10

widows' 3

NAS (27)

WIDOW 1

widow 12

widows 11

widows' 3

HCS (26)

a widow 1

widow 3

widows 3

* 1

a widow 2

to widows 1

was a widow 1

widow 5

widows 9

BSB (26)

A widow 1

[dependent] widows 1

[in need] 2

[the] widow 1

[the] widows 1

[was] a widow 1

a widow 3

widow 6

widows 9

widows [who are] 1

ESV (25)

widow 12

widows 13

WEB (27)

a widow 1

as a widow 1

had been a widow 1

the widows 1

to widows 1

who was a widow 1

widow 9

widows 12

RAH

N-APF 3

N-ASF 12

N-DSF 7

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 12

N-NPF 8

N-NSF 12

ANT

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 3

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

BEZ

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 2

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

BGB

Adj-AFS 1

Adj-GFP 1

N-AFP 6

N-AFS 2

N-DFP 2

N-GFP 2

N-NFP 3

N-NFS 10

BMT

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 3

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

BYZ

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 3

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 12

ELZ

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 3

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

NA26

A-APF 6

A-ASF 4

A-DPF 2

A-GPF 2

A-GPM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NPF 3

A-NSF 10

V-IAI-3S 1

SBL

A-APF 6

A-ASF 3

A-DPF 2

A-GPF 2

A-NPF 3

A-NSF 10

SCV

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 2

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

STV

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 3

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

TIS

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 2

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 3

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

N-APF 6

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-GPF 2

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 10

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

χήρ-α,

Ion. χήρη, ἡ,

widow, χῆραι γυναῖκες Il. 2.289; μήτηρ χ. 22.499; μὴ παῖδ' ὀρφανικὸν θήῃς χ. τε γυναῖκα 6.432; λείπειν τινὰ χ. ἐν μεγάροισιν 22.484, 24.725, cf. S. Aj. 653, E. Andr. 348, Tr. 380; χήρας δὲ γυναῖκας ἐποίησαν Lys. 2.71; as a name of Hera, Paus. 8.22.2 (χῆραι· αἱ μὴ ἔχουσαι ἄνδρας, Hsch.; ἡ μονωθεῖσα ἀπ' ἀνδρὸς χ. Poll. 3.47).

2. Com., of a dish, widowed, i.e. without sauce, Sotad.Com. 1.26.

3. later masc. χῆρος, widower, Arist. HA 612b34 (of birds), Call. Epigr. 17, Gramm. post Hdn. Epim. 286.

II χῆρος, α, ον, Adj, metaph., bereaved, χῆρα μέλαθρα E. Alc. 862 (anap.); μάνδραι Call. Cer. 106; βίος Epigr.Gr. 406.13 (Iconium); εὐνή IG 14.1389 i 12; δόμος Call. Epigr. 22; δρυμοὶ χ. bereft of men, AP 9.84 (Antiphan.): c. gen., Il. 6.408; φάρσος.. στελεοῦ χῆρον ἐλαϊνέου AP 6.297 (Phanias), cf. Vett.Val. 117.6; χήρους γυναικῶν οἰκεῖν Str. 7.3.4; τὰ χῆρα φρονήσεως Ph. 1.601; ναῦς ὕδατος χ. Ael. NA 13.28. (Cf. χωρίς, χατίζω, Skt. jáhâti 'abandon, renounce'.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

χήρα , -ας , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H490;]

a widow: Matthew 23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mark 12:40-43, Luke 2:37; Luke 4:25; Luke 7:12; Luke 18:3; Luke 18:5; Luke 20:47; Luke 21:2-3, Acts 6:1; Acts 9:39; Acts 9:41, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Timothy 5:3-5; 1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:16, James 1:27; γυνὴ χ ., Luke 4:26; of one of an ordo viduarum (v. CGT, in l), 1 Timothy 5:9; metaph., of a city forsaken, Revelation 18:7.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";a song"; (Eph. 5:19, al.) : cf. the Ephesian tomb inscr. Kaibel Add. 297a.3—

δακρύοις τε καὶ ᾠδαῖς

τειμῶσιν τὸν σόν, Μαρκελλεῖνε, τάφον,

and Syll 615 (=.31024).16 (c. B.C. 200) ἐπὶ ὠιδῆι ὑπὲρ καρποῦ Δήμητρι, with reference to a hymn sung in the course of a sacrifice.

For ᾠδός, ";a singer,"; see OG1S 56.69 (B.C. 238) τούς τε ὠιδοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας, ib. 352.44 (B.C. 163–130) διδόναι τῶν ὠιδῶν τῶι νικήσα [ντι. . .

List of Word Forms

εχήρευσεν χηρα χήρα χηραι χήραι χήραί χῆραι χηραις χήραις χηραν χήραν χηρας χήρας χηρεία χηρείας χηρεύσεως χηρων χηρών χηρῶν chera chēra chḗra cherai chêrai chērai chē̂rai cherais chērais chḗrais cheran chēran chḗran cheras chēras chḗras cheron cherôn chērōn chērō̂n