widow
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
χήρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה;] a widow: Mat.23:13 (Rec, R, mg.), Mrk.12:40-43, Luk.2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3, 5 20:47 21:2-3, Act.6:1 9:39, 41, 1Co.7:8, 1Ti.5:3-5 5:11 5:16, Jas.1:27; γυνὴ χ, Luk.4:26; of one of an ordo viduarum (see CGT, in l), 1Ti.5:9; metaph, of a city forsaken, Rev.18:7. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
χήρ-α,
Ionic dialect χήρη, ἡ,
widow, χῆραι γυναῖκες [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a name of Hera, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) Comedy texts, of a dish,
widowed, i.e.
without sauce, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) later
masculine χῆρος,
widower, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
χῆρος, α, ον, Adj,
metaphorically,
bereaved, χῆρα μέλαθρα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνή [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δρυμοὶ χ.
bereft of men, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] Sanskrit
jáhāti 'abandon, renounce'.)
Morphhology:
Noun Feminine
Definition:
a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively; widow; feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of
g5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of deficiency;