What does ὄντως · χήρα mean in the Bible?
ὄντως · χήρα is a Greek phrase meaning "truly widows, genuinely in need".
Greek · G3689, G5503
ὄντως χήρας
Really · a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
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ὄντως G3689 really
Pronunciation óntōs
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χήρα G5503 a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
Pronunciation chḗra
Woman bereft of husband; in NT theology, object of special Christian care and protection.
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What does ὄντως χήρας (ontōs chēras) mean in the Bible?
ὄντως · χήρα is a Greek phrase meaning "truly widows, genuinely in need".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3689, G5503?
G3689, G5503 is connected to 10 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. truly widows, genuinely in need
Source Gloss
truly widows, genuinely in need
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 10
Mark 11:32 · Luke 23:47 · Luke 24:34 · John 8:36 · 1 Cor 14:25 · Gal 3:21 · 1 Tim 5:3 · 1 Tim 5:5 · 1 Tim 5:16 · 1 Tim 6:19 10×
Word Origins
ὄντως χήρας is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain