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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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Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:17 · retained source text

Learne to doe well, seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed, iudge the fatherlesse, plead for the widow.

1611 marginal noteOr, righten.

Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:23 · retained source text

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doth the cause of the widowe come vnto them.

1611 marginal noteIer. 5.28. Zac.7.10.

Isaiah 47:8
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 47:8 · retained source text

Therefore heare now this, thou that art giuen to pleasures, that dwellest carelesly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else besides mee, I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the losse of children.

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