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Koine Greek wordlink #137832

SR GNT 1 Tim 5:3 χήρας (ⱪaʸras) ‘widows be honouring who are really’ Strongs=55030 Lemma=χēra
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=65 AD

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Other uses (5) of identical word form χήρας (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘χήρας’ (N-AFP) is always and only glossed as ‘widows’.

Acts 9:41 ‘holy ones and the widows he presented her living’ SR GNT Acts 9:41 word 15

OET-LV: 41 And having _given ^his_hand to _her, he _raised_ her _up, and having _called the holy ones and the widows, he _presented her living. (ACT_9:41)

OET-RV: 41 Peter helped her to stand up, then he called the believers and the widows, and presented the live Tabitha to them. (ACT 9:41)

1 Tim 5:3 ‘be honouring who are really widows’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:3 word 5

OET-LV: 3 Be _honouring widows, who are really widows. (TI1_5:3)

OET-RV: 3 Show honour to widows—the real widows that is (TI1 5:3)

1 Tim 5:11 ‘younger but widows be refusing whenever for’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:11 word 3

OET-LV: 11 But be _refusing younger widows, because/for whenever they _may _become _sensual against _the chosen _one /messiah, they _are _willing to _be _marrying, (TI1_5:11)

OET-RV: 11 But don’t enrol younger widows because their emotional needs might drive them to want to marry again rather than to serve the messiah (TI1 5:11)

1 Tim 5:16 ‘any believing woman is having widows he let_be assisting to them and’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:16 word 7

OET-LV: 16 If any believing woman is _having widows, he _let _be _assisting to _them, and not let _be _being _weighed _down the assembly, in _order _that it _may _assist to _the really widows. (TI1_5:16)

OET-RV: 16 If any believing woman has widowed relatives, they should continue to help them and not burden the assembly, so then the assembly can assist the really needy widows. (TI1 5:16)

Yac (Jam) 1:27 ‘to_be visiting orphans and widows in the tribulation’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 1:27 word 17

OET-LV: 27 Religion pure and undefiled before our god and father this is: to _be _visiting orphans and widows in the tribulation of _them, spotless himself to _be _keeping from the world. (JAM_1:27)

OET-RV: 27 A person who wants to truly serve our God and father with a pure heart would be visiting orphans and widows in their difficulties and staying unstained by worldly ideas. (JAM 1:27)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χēra’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a widow’, ‘widow’, ‘widows’.

Greek words (8) other than χήρας (N-AFP) with a gloss related to ‘widows’

MARK 12:40 χηρῶν (ⱪaʸrōn) N-GFP ‘the houses of the widows and for a under_pretense long’ SR GNT Mark 12:40 word 7

OET-LV: 40 the ones devouring the houses of _the widows, and praying long for_a_under _pretense. These will _be _receiving more _excessive judgement. (MRK_12:40)

OET-RV: 40 These people trick widows out of their properties, but offer long prayers to cover it up. They will be getting a stricter judgement than others.” (MRK 12:40)

MAT 23:14 χηρῶν (ⱪaʸrōn) N-GFP ‘the houses of the widows and under_pretense long’ SR GNT Mat 23:14 word 13

OET-LV: 14  (MAT_23:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◘ (MAT 23:14)

LUKE 4:25 χῆραι (ⱪaʸrai) N-NFP ‘I am saying to you_all many widows were in the’ SR GNT Luke 4:25 word 8

OET-LV: 25 But in truth I _am _saying to _you _all, were many widows in the days of _Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), when the sky was _shut for three years and six months when a_ great _famine became on all the land, (LUK_4:25)

OET-RV: 25 There were certainly many widows in Yisrael in the days of Eliyah when God stopped the rain for three and a half years and caused a terrible famine. (LUK 4:25)

LUKE 20:47 χηρῶν (ⱪaʸrōn) N-GFP ‘the houses of the widows and for a under_pretense long’ SR GNT Luke 20:47 word 7

OET-LV: 47 who are _devouring the houses of _the widows, and they _are _praying long for_a_under _pretense. These will _be _receiving more _abundant judgement. (LUK_20:47)

OET-RV: 47 but they take advantage of widows’ homes and they make their prayers long to impress others. These people will receive a harsher judgement.” (LUK 20:47)

ACTs 6:1 χῆραι (ⱪaʸrai) N-NFP ‘service daily the widows of them’ SR GNT Acts 6:1 word 26

OET-LV: 6 And in the these days multiplying the apprentices/followers, became a_grumbling of _the Hellaʸnistaʸs against the Hebraios, because the widows of _them were _being _overlooked in the the daily service. (ACT_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 However around that time when the number of Yeshua-followers were growing, some of the Greek converts starting grumbling about the Jewish believers because the Greek widows were being overlooked in the daily sharing of food and money. (ACT 6:1)

ACTs 9:39 χῆραι (ⱪaʸrai) N-NFP ‘by him all the widows weeping and showing’ SR GNT Acts 9:39 word 20

OET-LV: 39 And Petros having _risen _up, came _together with _them, who having _arrived, they _brought _up into the upper _room, and all the widows stood _by by _him, weeping and showing the_tunics and clothes, as _much _as the Dorkas was _making being with them. (ACT_9:39)

OET-RV: 39 So Peter went with them, and when they arrived in Yoppa they took him up to the room. All the widows stood there, sobbing and showing him various clothes that Tabitha had made for them. (ACT 9:39)

1 COR 7:8 χήραις (ⱪaʸrais) N-DFP ‘unmarried and to the widows good it_is for them they may remain’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:8 word 7

OET-LV: 8 But I _am _saying to _the unmarried and to _the widows, good it _is for _them if they _may _remain as also _I. (CO1_7:8)

OET-RV: 8 Now to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it’s good if they remain like me, (CO1 7:8)

1 TIM 5:16 χήραις (ⱪaʸrais) N-DFP ‘in_order_that to the really widows it may assist’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:16 word 19

OET-RV: 16 If any believing woman has widowed relatives, they should continue to help them and not burden the assembly, so then the assembly can assist the really needy widows. (TI1 5:16)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural