G5503: χήρα

Extended definition

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G5503 is translated

• widows ×10
• widow ×6
• a widow ×4
• was a widow ×1
• a widow. ×1
• a widow; ×1
• of widows ×1
• widows, ×1
• widows. ×1
• dependent widows, ×1

Bible verses with G5503 (chḗra)

Chḗra appears in 25 verses.

• Matthew 23:14

  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

• Mark 12:40

  Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

• Mark 12:42

  And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

• Mark 12:43

  And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

• Luke 2:37

  And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

• Luke 4:25

  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

• Luke 4:26

  But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

• Luke 7:12

  Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

• Luke 18:3

  And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

• Luke 18:5

  Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

• Luke 20:47

  Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

• Luke 21:2

  And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

• Luke 21:3

  And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

• Acts 6:1

  And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

• Acts 9:39

  Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

• Acts 9:41

  And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

• 1 Corinthians 7:8

  I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

• 1 Timothy 5:3

  Honour widows that are widows indeed.

• 1 Timothy 5:4

  But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

• 1 Timothy 5:5

  Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

• 1 Timothy 5:9

  Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

• 1 Timothy 5:11

  But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

• 1 Timothy 5:16

  If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

• 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.

• Revelation 18:7

  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.