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widow

Meaning of “widow”

A woman whose husband has died.

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50 occurrences49 verses20 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 38:11

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Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:21 · retained source text

He euill intreateth the barren, that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:16 · retained source text

If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile:

Psalms 94:6
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 94:6 · retained source text

They slay the widowe and the stranger: and murder the fatherlesse.

Psalms 109:9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 109:9 · retained source text

Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow.

Psalms 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 146:9 · retained source text

The LORD preserueth the strangers, he relieueth the fatherlesse and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth vpside downe.

Proverbs 15:25
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 15:25 · retained source text

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.7. and 14.11.

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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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.

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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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:

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