2001 Translation

CHĒRAS, chēras

Sounds Like: KHEE-ras

Translations: of a widow, of the widow, a widow

From the root: ΧΗΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried. It is used in the genitive case, indicating possession or relationship, often translated as 'of a widow' or 'belonging to a widow'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5503 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 9:4, 9:9, 9:10
• Proverbs — 15:25
• Job — 22:9, 24:3, 27:15, 29:13, 31:16
• Wisdom — 2:10
• Sirach — 35:15
• Isaiah — 1:23, 9:16
• Jeremiah — 5:28
• Acts of the Apostles — 9:41
• 1 Timothy — 5:3, 5:11, 5:16
• James — 1:27
• Shepherd of Hermas — 8:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 6:1, 13:1

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 27:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:3, 6:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Numbers — 30:10
• Deuteronomy — 24:17, 27:19
• 1 Kings — 7:2, 11:26, 17:20
• Judith — 9:4, 9:9
• Proverbs — 15:25
• Job — 22:9, 24:3, 27:15, 29:13, 31:16
• Wisdom — 2:10
• Sirach — 32:18
• Isaiah — 9:17
• Jeremiah — 5:28
• Baruch — 4:16

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 27:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 4:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 9:41
• 1 Timothy — 5:3, 5:11, 5:16
• James — 1:27

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΗΡΑ.

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.

• ΧΗΡΑ — widow, a widow
• ΧΗΡΑΙ — widows
• ΧΗΡΑΙΣ — to widows, for widows
• ΧΗΡΑΝ — widow, a widow
• ΧΗΡΕ — O widow!, widow
• ΧΗΡΩΝ — (of) widows

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