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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 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 5:4 · retained source text

But if any widow haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shew pietie at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

1611 marginal noteOr, kindenesse.

1 Timothy 5:9
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Timothy 5:9 · retained source text

Let not a widow bee taken into the number, vnder threescore yeeres old, hauing bene the wife of one man,

1611 marginal noteOr, chosen.

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