Lexical Definition

‎χήρα‎ chḗra (khay'-rah) widow G:N-F
feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of ‎χάσμα‎ through the idea of deficiency

widow.

Usage: 9 forms in 83 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
χῆραι widows Luke.4.25 • Acts.6.1 • Acts.9.39
χηρῶν of widows Luke.20.47
widows Matt.23.14 • Mark.12.40
χηρών of widows LXX.Isa.1.23
widows LXX.Ps.68.5
χήρασ a widow LXX.Deut.24.17
of a widow LXX.Num.30.9 • LXX.Deut.24.17 • LXX.1Kgs.7.14 • LXX.1Kgs.11.26
of widow LXX.Job.29.13 • LXX.Job.31.16 • LXX.Prov.15.25 • LXX.Jer.5.28
of widows LXX.Job.24.3
their widows LXX.Isa.9.17
widow LXX.Deut.27.19 • LXX.Mal.3.5
widows LXX.Job.22.9 • LXX.Job.27.15 • Acts.9.41 • 1Tim.5.3 • 1Tim.5.3 • 1Tim.5.11 • 1Tim.5.16 • Jas.1.27
χήραν But a widow LXX.Lev.21.14
a widow LXX.Isa.10.2 • LXX.Ezek.44.22 • Luke.4.26
for widow LXX.Isa.1.17
widow LXX.Exod.22.22 • LXX.1Kgs.17.20 • LXX.Ps.94.6 • LXX.Ps.146.9 • LXX.Jer.7.6 • LXX.Jer.22.3 • LXX.Ezek.22.7 • LXX.Zech.7.10 • Luke.18.5 • Luke.21.2
χήραισ widows 1Cor.7.8 • 1Tim.5.16
χήραι as widows LXX.2Sam.20.3
their widows LXX.Ps.78.64 • LXX.Jer.15.8
widows LXX.Exod.22.24 • LXX.Jer.18.21 • LXX.Lam.5.3
your widows LXX.Jer.49.11
χήραί your widows LXX.Ezek.22.25
χήρα a widow LXX.Lev.22.13 • LXX.2Sam.14.5 • LXX.1Kgs.17.9 • LXX.1Kgs.17.10 • LXX.Ps.109.9 • LXX.Isa.49.21 • LXX.Lam.1.1 • LXX.Ezek.44.22 • Luke.2.37 • Luke.7.12 • Luke.18.3 • 1Tim.5.5 • 1Tim.5.9 • Rev.18.7
as a widow LXX.Gen.38.11 • LXX.Isa.47.8
widow LXX.Deut.10.18 • LXX.Deut.14.29 • LXX.Deut.16.11 • LXX.Deut.16.14 • LXX.Deut.24.19 • LXX.Deut.24.20 • LXX.Deut.24.21 • LXX.Deut.26.12 • LXX.Deut.26.13 • Mark.12.42 • Mark.12.43 • Luke.21.3 • 1Tim.5.4

Abbott-Smith

χήρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה ;]
a widow: Mt 23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mk 12:40-43, Lk 2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3, 5 20:47 21:2, 3, Ac 6:1 9:39, 41, I Co 7:8, I Ti 5:3-5, 11, 16, Ja 1:27; γυνὴ χ., Lk 4:26; of one of an ordo viduarum (v. CGT, in l.), I Ti 5:9; metaph., of a city forsaken, Re 18:7.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 23:13
Mark 12:40
Luke 2:37 · 4:25 · 4:26 · 7:12 · 18:3 · 18:5 · 20:47 · 21:2
Acts 6:1 · 9:39 · 9:41
1 Corinthians 7:8
1 Timothy 5:3 · 5:9 · 5:11 · 5:16
James 1:27
Revelation 18:7

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χήρα-α,

Ionic dialect χήραη, ἡ, widow, χῆραι γυναῖκες [χήραας δὲ γυναῖκας ἐποίησαν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.71 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a name of Hera, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 Comedy texts, of a dish, widowed, i.e. without sauce, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 later masculine χῆρος, widower, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II χῆρος, α, ον, Adj, metaphorically, bereaved, χῆρα μέλαθρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνή [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δρυμοὶ χ. bereft of men, [χήραους γυναικῶν οἰκεῖν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.4; τὰ χῆρα φρονήσεως 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.601; ναῦς ὕδατος χ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.28. (Cf. χωρίς, χατίζω,">Refs 8th c.BC+] Sanskrit jáhāti 'abandon, renounce'.)