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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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Jeremiah 7:6
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:6 · retained source text

If ye oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your hurt:

Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:3 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnesse, and deliuer the spoiler out of the hand of the oppressour: and doe no wrong, doe no violence to the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

1611 marginal noteChap.21.12.

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