χήραchḗra
a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
Greek (New Testament) · G5503
Meanings
a widow: Matthew 23:13 (Rec., R, margin), 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, 1 Timothy 5:9; metaphorically, of a city forsaken, Revelation 18:7.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Mark 12:40 Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be more severely punished.”
- Mark 12:42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
- Mark 12:43 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions.
- Luke 2:37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
- Luke 4:25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.
- Luke 4:26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.