ΧΗΡΕΥΕΙΝ, χηρευειν
CHĒREUEIN, chēreuein
Sounds Like: khee-ROO-eh-in
Translations: to be a widow, to be widowed, to be desolate, to be bereft, to be without, to be deprived
From the root: ΧΗΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to be a widow' or 'to be widowed'. It can also extend to mean 'to be desolate', 'to be bereft', or 'to be deprived of something'. It describes a state of being without a spouse, or more generally, a state of lacking or being empty.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5503 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:180
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
- 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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