5503 - chéra

Strong's Concordance

Original word: χήρα
Transliteration: chéra
Definition (short): widow
Definition (full): a widow

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: a widow
NASB Translation: widow (13), widows (11), widows' (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

see GREEK chasma

KJV: 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.
NASB: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
KJV: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
NASB: who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation."
KJV: And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
NASB: A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent.
KJV: 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:
NASB: 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;
KJV: 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.
NASB: and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.