ΧΗΡΕΥΟΥΣΩΝ, χηρευουσων
CHĒREUOUSŌN, chēreuousōn
Sounds Like: khee-REH-oo-sohn
Translations: of those who are widowed, of widows, of those who are bereaved
From the root: ΧΗΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb meaning 'to be a widow' or 'to be bereaved'. It describes individuals who are in the state of widowhood or bereavement. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or noun, modifying or referring to those who are widowed.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Genitive, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5503 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:227
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.
- ἘΧΗΡΕΥΣΕΝ — was widowed, became a widow, was desolate, became desolate, was left desolate
- 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
- 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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