G5503 · χήρα
chḗra · widow
G5503 (chḗra) is the Greek word χήρα in Strong’s dictionary: a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively. It appears 26 times in 24 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- χήρα (Greek)
- Transliteration
- chḗra
- Derivation
- feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of deficiency;
- Definition
- a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
- Rendered in the KJV
- widow
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
26 occurrences in 24 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “widows” ×10
- “widow” ×6
- “a widow” ×3
- “A widow” ×1
- “dependent widows” ×1
- “in need” ×1
- “the widow” ×1
- “the widows” ×1
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