'Widow' in the Bible
And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.
And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:
and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;
and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.
And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.
and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;
but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,
So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief: