'Widow' in the Bible
And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny).
And summoning his disciples, he said to them, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put [offerings] into the contribution box.
and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.
And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath [in the region] of Sidon, to a woman [who was] a widow.
And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary!'
yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end [by her] coming back!'"
and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.
And he said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all [of them].
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
But the widow [who is one] truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.
Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,
As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, give to her so much torment and mourning, because in her heart she said, 'I sit as a queen, and am not a widow, and I will never see mourning!'