chēra · widow

What it means

chēra (χήρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “widow”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A woman whose husband has died.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• widow ×13
• widows ×13

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×3
• Luke×9
• Acts×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 1 Timothy×8
• James×1
• Revelation×1

• Mark 12:40

  who devour the houses of widows and as a pretext pray long prayers. These will receive the greater condemnation.”

• Mark 12:42

  And one poor widow came and put in two lepta, which is a quadrans.

• Mark 12:43

  And summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting into the treasury.

• Luke 2:37

  and she was a widow until she was eighty-four years old. She did not leave the temple, serving God with fastings and petitions night and day.

• Luke 4:25

  But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when heaven was shut for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

• Luke 4:26

  and to none of them was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a widow.

• Luke 7:12

  And as he drew near to the gate of the town, look, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.

• Luke 18:3

  And there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

• Luke 18:5

  yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me out by coming continually.’”

• Luke 20:47

  who devour the houses of widows and as a pretext pray long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

• Luke 21:2

  And he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two lepta.

• Luke 21:3

  And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them;

• Acts 6:1

  Now in these days, as the disciples were increasing, there arose a complaint by the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

• Acts 9:39

  So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him up to the upper room, and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

• Acts 9:41

  And giving her his hand, he raised her up; and calling the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

• 1 Corinthians 7:8

  So I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they remain as I am.

• 1 Timothy 5:3

  Honor widows who are truly widows.

• 1 Timothy 5:4

  But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show godliness toward their own household and to make a return to their parents, for this is acceptable before God.

• 1 Timothy 5:5

  But the one who is truly a widow and left all alone has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

• 1 Timothy 5:9

  Let a widow be put on the list who is not less than sixty years old, the wife of one man,

• 1 Timothy 5:11

  But refuse younger widows, for when their desires draw them away from the Messiah, they want to marry,

• 1 Timothy 5:16

  If any believing woman has widows, let her help them, and do not let the assembly be burdened, so that it may help those who are truly widows.

• James 1:27

  Religion pure and undefiled before God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

• Revelation 18:7

  As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so much torment and grief give her. Because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen, and I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.’

And 2 more times.