Definition

a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively

Etymology

feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of deficiency;

Where the KJV renders it

• widow

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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