Strong's G5503 · Greek

χῇρος

chera · khay'-rah

feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of 5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χήρα (G5503)

25 (KJV) χήρα , -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה ;] a widow : Mt 23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mk 12:40-43 , Lk 2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3 , 5 20:47 21:2, 3 , Ac 6:1 9:39 , 41 , I Co 7:8 , I Ti 5:3-5 , 11 , 16 , Ja 1:27 ; γυνὴ χ. , Lk 4:26 ; of one of an ordo viduarum (v. CGT , in l.), I Ti 5:9 ; metaph., of a city forsaken, Re 18:7 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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