12 occurrences

'Widows' in the Bible

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodGod KillingGod KillsGod Will Be Angry

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsNot Helping Widows

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Verse ConceptsWidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Verse ConceptsKilling PriestsDeposed PriestsNot Mourning

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Verse ConceptsOrphansSin, Nature OfWidowsDecadenceGod's HandVirtues Of Young PeopleGod's Hands Stretched OutLack Of RejoicingNot Helping WidowsHypocrisy

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

Verse ConceptsNoonSandWidowsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionThose Who DestroyMany In Israel

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

Verse ConceptsBeing ForsakenWidows

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHuntingWidowsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesJudged As MurderersTaking PossessionConspiracy

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלמן 
'almon 
Usage: 1

אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

אלמנוּת 
'almanuwth 
Usage: 4

χήρα 
Chera 
Usage: 18

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