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widow

Meaning of “widow”

A woman whose husband has died.

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50 occurrences49 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 38:11

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1 Kings 11:26
¶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:26 · retained source text

¶ And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomons seruant, (whose mothers name was Zeruah a widow woman) euen he lift vp his hand against the king.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 13.6.

1 Kings 17:9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 17:9 · retained source text

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I haue commaunded a widow woman there to sustaine thee.

1611 marginal noteLuke 4.26. called Sarepta.

1 Kings 17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 17:10 · retained source text

So he arose, and went to Zarephath: and when he came to the gate of the citie, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of stickes: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessell, that I may drinke.

1 Kings 17:20
And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 17:20 · retained source text

And hee cried vnto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought euill vpon the widow, with whom I soiourne, by slaying her sonne?

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