ἘΧΗΡΕΥΣΕΝ, ἐχηρευσεν
ECHĒREUSEN, echēreusen
Sounds Like: ek-hay-REOO-sen
Translations: was widowed, became a widow, was desolate, became desolate, was left desolate
From the root: ΧΗΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the state of becoming or being widowed, or more broadly, being left desolate or empty. It implies a loss or absence that results in a state of emptiness or abandonment. It is often used in a literal sense for a woman whose husband has died, but can also be used metaphorically for a city or land that has been abandoned or deprived of its inhabitants or resources.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5503 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 28:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΗΡΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΧΗΡΕΥΣΕΝ — she became a widow, he became a widower, it became widowed, she was widowed, he was widowed, it was widowed
- ΧΗΡΕΥΕΙΝ — to be a widow, to be widowed, to be desolate, to be bereft, to be without, to be deprived
- ΧΗΡΕΥΟΥΣΑ — being a widow, widowed
- ΧΗΡΕΥΟΥΣΑΝ — being a widow, remaining a widow, living as a widow, a widow
- ΧΗΡΕΥΟΥΣΩΝ — of those who are widowed, of widows, of those who are bereaved
- ΧΗΡΕΥΣΑΣΑ — having been widowed, having become a widow, having remained a widow
- ΧΗΡΕΥΩ — to be a widow, to be widowed, to be desolate, to be bereft
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