G3737: ὀρφανός
orphanós · “orphan”
Definition
bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. parentless
KJV translates it as: comfortless, fatherless
Word origin: of uncertain affinity;
Extended definition
ὀρφανός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for יָתוֹם ;]
1. prop., orphan, fatherless: Mrk.12:40, WH, mg, Jas.1:27.
2. In a general sense (as also in cl.; see LS, see word; and cf. MM, xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Jhn.14:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX for יָתוֹם ;]
1. prop., orphan, fatherless: Mrk.12:40, WH, mg, Jas.1:27.
2. In a general sense (as also in cl.; see LS, see word; and cf. MM, xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Jhn.14:18.†
(AS)
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How G3737 is translated
- as orphans, ×1
- orphans ×1
Bible verses with G3737 (orphanós)
Orphanós appears in 2 verses.
- John 14:18
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
- James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.