χήρα in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) a widow
2) metaphorically a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 9:440, 1313

Strong

G5503
Feminine of a presumed derivation apparently from the base of G5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively: - widow.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
widow10.61

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL (also Westcott and Hort; Tischendorf; Byzantine)

10
3
2
3
6
2
Total26

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