Strong's G5503

χήρα(chḗra)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

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 Translation

In the King James Version, χήρα is translated as: widow.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.