Word

χήρα

chḗra · G5503 · Greek · 26 occurrences

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Meanings

widow

A woman whose husband has died

Examples
Mark 12:40 who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”
Mark 12:42 And a poor widow came and put in two lepta coins, which amount to a quadrans.
Mark 12:43 Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

8 occurrences in 7 groups

οὗτοςthis 3
πτωχόςpoor 2
τὶςsomeone 2
εἷςone 1
νέοςnew 1
πενιχρόςpoor 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 2 groups

χήραwidow 2
πτωχόςpoor 1

What it doesIt is the subject

9 occurrences in 7 groups

βάλλωto throw, to put 4
ἔρχομαιto come 1
ἔχωto have 1
καταλέγωto put one’s name on a list 1
παραθεωρέωto overlook 1
παρέχωto cause, to give, to provide 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 5 groups

ἐπισκέπτομαιto visit, to look after 1
ἔχωto have 1
παραιτέομαιto ask for 1
τιμάωto honor 1
φωνέωto call, to cry out 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἡμέραday 1
πόλιςcity 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

οἰκίαhouse, home, dwelling 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh · H490 · widow: Hebrew אַלְמָנָה is the direct equivalent of Greek χήρα, both denoting a woman whose husband has died, in both their literal and figurative senses.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Widow10.61: Mark 12:40 warns of the scribes “who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers”.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χήρας, ἡ (feminine of the adjective χῆρος, 'bereft'; akin to χέρσος, sterile, barren, and…

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.; Mk 12:40, Mk 12:42; Lk 2:37; Lk 4:25; Lk 7:12; Lk 18:3, Lk 18:5; Lk 20:47; Lk 21:2; Acts 6:1; Acts 9:39, Acts 9:41; 1 Cor 7:8; 1 Tim 5:3-5, 1 Tim 5:9, 1 Tim 5:11, 1 Tim 5:16; Jas 1:27; with γυνή added (2 Sam 14:5, and often in the Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 289 down), Lk 4:26; a city stripped of inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow, Rev 18:7.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage26 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0