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Widows are frequently mentioned in the Bible, and their treatment is a significant concern in both the Old and New Testaments. The Scriptures emphasize the importance of caring for widows, reflecting God's compassion and justice.<br><br><b>Old Testament</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, widows are often grouped with orphans and foreigners as vulnerable members of society who require special protection and care. The Mosaic Law includes specific commandments to ensure their well-being. For instance, <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18</a> states, "He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing." This verse highlights God's concern for widows and His expectation that His people will act justly toward them.<br><br>The law also provided for the material needs of widows. In <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a>, the Israelites are instructed not to harvest their fields completely, so that widows, along with orphans and foreigners, could glean what was left. This provision ensured that widows had access to food and sustenance.<br><br>The account of Ruth is a notable example of God's provision for widows. Ruth, a Moabite widow, is cared for by her mother-in-law Naomi and eventually marries Boaz, a kinsman-redeemer, which secures her future and integrates her into the lineage of King David and ultimately Jesus Christ.<br><br><b>New Testament</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the care for widows continues to be a significant theme. Jesus Himself showed compassion towards widows, as seen in <a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12-15</a>, where He raises the son of the widow of Nain, demonstrating His power over death and His deep compassion for her plight.<br><br>The early church took the responsibility of caring for widows seriously. <a href="/acts/6.htm">Acts 6:1-6</a> describes how the apostles appointed deacons to ensure that the daily distribution of food was not neglected, particularly for the Hellenistic Jewish widows. This passage underscores the importance of organized care within the Christian community.<br><br>The Apostle Paul provides specific instructions regarding widows in <a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3-16</a>. He advises the church to "Honor widows who are truly widows" (<a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3</a>) and outlines criteria for enrolling widows in the church's care. Paul emphasizes that widows who have family should be supported by their relatives, allowing the church to focus on those who are truly in need.<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>Widows in the Bible symbolize the vulnerable and marginalized, and their treatment serves as a measure of the community's righteousness and faithfulness to God's commands. The consistent biblical mandate to care for widows reflects God's character as a defender of the helpless and a provider for those in need. The church is called to emulate this divine compassion, ensuring that widows are supported and valued within the community of believers.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Widow</span><p>Under the Mosaic dispensation no legal provision was made for the maintenance of widows. They were left dependent partly on the affection of relations, more especially of the eldest son, whose birthright, or extra share of the property, imposed such a duty upon him, and partly on the privileges accorded to other distressed classes, such as a participation in the triennial third tithe, (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">14:29</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">26:12</a>) in leasing, (<a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">24:19-21</a>) and in religious feasts. (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">16:11,14</a>) With regard to the remarriage of widows, the only restriction imposed by the Mosaic law had reference to the contingency of one being left childless in which case the brother of the deceased husband had a right to marry the widow. (<a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">25:5,6</a>; <a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Matthew 22:23-30</a>) In the apostolic Church the widows were sustained at the public expense, the relief being daily administered in kind, under the superintendence of officers appointed for this special purpose, (<a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1-6</a>) Particular directions are given by St.Paul as to the class of persons entitled to such public maintenance. (<a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3-16</a>) Out of the body of such widows a certain number were to be enrolled, the qualifications for such enrollment being that they were not under sixty years of age; that they had been "the wife of one man," probably meaning <i>but once married</i> ; and that they had led useful and charitable lives. vs. (<a href="/1_timothy/5-9.htm">1 Timothy 5:9,10</a>) We are not disposed to identify the widows of the Bible either with the deaconesses or with the <i>presbutides</i> Of the early Church. The order of widows existed as a separate institution, contemporaneously with these offices, apparently for the same eleemosynary purpose for which it was originally instituted.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Widow</span><p>A custom was prevalent in patriarchal times, <a href="/context/genesis/38-1.htm">Genesis 38:1-30</a>, and was afterwards confirmed by the Mosaic law, De 25:5-10, that a widow without children, in order to preserve the family name and inheritance, should marry the brother of her deceased husband; or he failing his nearest kinsman, <a href="/context/ruth/3-12.htm">Ruth 3:12</a>,13 4:1-11 <a href="/context/matthew/22-23.htm">Matthew 22:23-30</a>. The high-priest was forbidden to marry a widow, Le 21:14. The humanity and justice of true religion are shown in the Bible, as might be expected, by numerous indications that God and the friends of God sympathize with the sorrows, supply the wants, and defend the rights of the widow, <a href="/context/exodus/22-22.htm">Exodus 22:22-24</a> De 16:11 24:17,19 <a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a> 10:2 Jer 22:3 Mt 23:14. </p><p>The apostolic church was not negligent in providing for widows, <a href="/context/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1-3</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-16.htm">1 Timothy 5:16</a>; and James makes this duty an essential part of true piety, <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>. Heathenism, on the contrary, makes those who have been slaves to a husband's caprices during his life, either victims upon the funeral pile at his death, or forlorn and hopeless sufferers under destitution and contempt. The duties of Christian widows are specified in <a href="/context/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3-16</a>. </p><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Widowed.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To endow with a widow's right.<p>6. (<I>v. t.</I>) To become, or survive as, the widow of.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">WIDOW</span><p>wid'-o ('almanah; chera): In the Old Testament widows are considered to be under the special care of Yahweh (<a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Proverbs 15:25</a>). Sympathetic regard for them comes to be viewed as a mark of true religion (<a href="/job/31-16.htm">Job 31:16</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>). Deuteronomy is rich in counsel in their behalf (24:17, etc.).<br><br>The word is first mentioned in the New Testament in <a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1</a>: "There arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration." Paul charges that they be particularly cared for, especially those that are "widows indeed," i.e. poor, without support and old (<a href="/1_timothy/5-2.htm">1 Timothy 5:2-16</a>). Some try to find proof in this passage of that ecclesiastical order of widows mentioned in post-apostolic writings.<br><br>See <a href="../l/literature.htm">LITERATURE, SUB-APOSTOLIC</a>; <a href="../w/woman.htm">WOMAN, IV, 5</a>.<br><br>George B. Eager<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5503.htm"><span class="l">5503. chera -- a <b>widow</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> chera. 5504 . a <b>widow</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: chera Phonetic<br> Spelling: (khay&#39;-rah) Short Definition: a <b>widow</b> Definition: a <b>widow</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5503.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/490.htm"><span class="l">490. almanah -- a <b>widow</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 489, 490. almanah. 491 . a <b>widow</b>. Transliteration: almanah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (al-maw-naw&#39;) Short Definition: <b>widow</b>. Word Origin fem. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/490.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/489.htm"><span class="l">489. almon -- <b>widow</b>- hood</span></a><br><b>...</b> 488, 489. almon. 490 . <b>widow</b>- hood. Transliteration: almon Phonetic Spelling:<br> (al-mone&#39;) Short Definition: widowhood. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/489.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/491.htm"><span class="l">491. almanuth -- widowhood</span></a><br><b>...</b> 490, 491. almanuth. 492 . widowhood. Transliteration: almanuth Phonetic Spelling:<br> (al-maw-nooth&#39;) Short Definition: <b>widow&#39;s</b>. Word Origin fem. <b>...</b> <b>widow</b>, widowhood <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/491.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm"><span class="l">802. ishshah -- woman, wife, female</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), female (3), girls* (1), harem* (5), harlot&#39;s* (2), harlot* (3), marriage (9),<br> married (3), married* (6), marry* (3), none* (1), one (8), <b>widow</b> (7), wife <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/802.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2992.htm"><span class="l">2992. yabam -- to perform the duty of a husband&#39;s brother</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from yabam; to<br> marry a (deceased) brother&#39;s <b>widow</b> -- perform the duty of a husband&#39;s brother <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2992.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm"><span class="l">1350. gaal -- to redeem, act as kinsman</span></a><br><b>...</b> to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), ie To be the next of kin<br> (and as such to buy back a relative&#39;s property, marry his <b>widow</b>, etc.) -- X in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1350.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/borthwick/hymns_from_the_land_of_luther/the_widow_of_nain.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Widow</b> of Nain.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE <b>WIDOW</b> OF NAIN. THE <b>WIDOW</b> OF NAIN. 10,10,8,8. <b>...</b> Oh! sweetest words that Jesus could<br> have sought,. To soothe the mourning <b>widow&#39;s</b> heart, &quot;Weep not!&quot;. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/the widow of nain.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnot/the_parables_of_our_lord/xxviii_the_importunate_widow.htm"><span class="l">The Importunate <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> XXVIII. THE IMPORTUNATE <b>WIDOW</b>. &quot;And he spake a parable unto them to this<br> end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint: saying <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xxviii the importunate widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/letter_to_a_young_widow.htm"><span class="l">Letter to a Young <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> letter to a young <b>widow</b>. 1. That you have sustained a severe blow, and<br> that the weapon directed from above has been planted in a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/letter to a young widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_ccxcvi_to_a_widow.htm"><span class="l">Letter ccxcvi. To a <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter CCXCVI. To a <b>widow</b>. [A short letter in which Basil<br> excuses himself for making use of the <b>widow&#39;s</b> mules.]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter ccxcvi to a widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_clxxiv_to_a_widow.htm"><span class="l">Letter clxxiv. To a <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter CLXXIV. To a <b>Widow</b>.<br> I have been most wishful to write constantly to your <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter clxxiv to a widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_x_to_a_widow.htm"><span class="l">Letter x. To a <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter X. To a <b>widow</b>.<br> The art of snaring pigeons is as follows. When the men who <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter x to a widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_ccxcvii_to_a_widow.htm"><span class="l">Letter ccxcvii. To a <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter CCXCVII.<br> To a <b>widow</b>. [A short letter of introduction.]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter ccxcvii to a widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_cclxxxiii_to_a_widow.htm"><span class="l">Letter cclxxxiii. To a <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Letter CCLXXXIII. To a <b>widow</b>. I hope to find a suitable day for the conference,<br> after those which I intend to fix for the hill-country. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cclxxxiii to a widow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/introduction_to_the_letter_to.htm"><span class="l">Introduction to the Letter to a Young <b>Widow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER TO A YOUNG <b>WIDOW</b>. The date of the following letter<br> can be determined within very narrow limits. It contains <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/introduction to the letter to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/champness/broken_bread/xxxvii_the_widow_woman_was.htm"><span class="l">&quot;The <b>Widow</b> Woman was There. &quot; I Kings xvii. 10</span></a> <br><b>...</b> XXXVII. &quot;THE <b>WIDOW</b> WOMAN WAS THERE.&quot; I KINGS xvii. 10. Of course she was. All God&#39;s<br> trains meet at the junction. They don&#39;t have to wait for one another. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxxvii the widow woman was.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/widow.htm"><span class="l"><b>Widow</b> (71 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (vt) To reduce to the condition of a <b>widow</b>; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely<br> used except in the past participle. <b>...</b> 5. (vt) To endow with a <b>widow's</b> right. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/widow.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/widow's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Widow's</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Widow's</b> (7 Occurrences). Genesis 38:19 Then she got up<br> and went away and took off her veil and put on her <b>widow's</b> clothing. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/widow's.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/widow-hood.htm"><span class="l"><b>Widow</b>-hood (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Widow</b>-hood. Widowhood, <b>Widow</b>-hood. Widows . Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Widow</b>-hood (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 47:9 but these <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/widow-hood.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/orphan.htm"><span class="l">Orphan (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> parents. The Scriptures devote considerable attention to the <b>widow</b> and<br> orphan, and the idea is that the child is fatherless. It <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/orphan.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zarephath.htm"><span class="l">Zarephath (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Here Elijah sojourned with a poor <b>widow</b> during the &quot;great famine,&quot; when the &quot;heaven<br> was shut up three years and six months&quot; (Luke 4:26; 1 Kings 17:10). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zarephath.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/divorced.htm"><span class="l">Divorced (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 21:14 A <b>widow</b>, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a<br> prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/divorced.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fatherless.htm"><span class="l">Fatherless (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> fa'-ther-les (yathom; orphanos): The fatherless are frequently mentioned in the<br> Old Testament, generally in association with the <b>widow</b> and the stranger, as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fatherless.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/widows.htm"><span class="l">Widows (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with<br> thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the <b>widow</b>, that are within <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/widows.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/widowhood.htm"><span class="l">Widowhood (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) The state of being a <b>widow</b>; the time during which a woman is <b>widow</b>; also,<br> rarely, the state of being a widower. 2. (n.) Estate settled on a <b>widow</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/widowhood.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/defend.htm"><span class="l">Defend (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> See NIV). Luke 18:3 A <b>widow</b> was in that city, and she often came to him,<br> saying,'Defend me from my adversary!' (WEB). Luke 18:5 yet <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/defend.htm - 17k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-persistent-widow-unjust-judge.html">What can we learn from the parable of the persistent widow and unjust judge? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Elijah-widow.html">What is the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-widows.html">What does the Bible say about how widows are to be treated? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/widow.htm">Widow: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Widow (71 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6</a></span><br />Jesse of David--the King. David (by Uriah's <span class="boldtext">widow</span>) <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Matthew 22:24</a></span><br />"Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, and raise up a family for him.'<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-19.htm">Mark 12:19</a></span><br />"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> and raise up a family for his brother.'<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-21.htm">Mark 12:21</a></span><br />The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-42.htm">Mark 12:42</a></span><br />A poor <span class="boldtext">widow</span> came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-43.htm">Mark 12:43</a></span><br />He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor <span class="boldtext">widow</span> gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Luke 2:37</a></span><br />and she had been a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a></span><br />But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26</a></span><br />Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12</a></span><br />Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>. Many people of the city were with her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-3.htm">Luke 18:3</a></span><br />A <span class="boldtext">widow</span> was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,'Defend me from my adversary!'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-5.htm">Luke 18:5</a></span><br />yet because this <span class="boldtext">widow</span> bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-28.htm">Luke 20:28</a></span><br />"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> and raise up a family for his brother.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-2.htm">Luke 21:2</a></span><br />He saw a certain poor <span class="boldtext">widow</span> casting in two small brass coins. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-3.htm">Luke 21:3</a></span><br />He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor <span class="boldtext">widow</span> put in more than all of them,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-39.htm">Acts 9:39</a></span><br />Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm">1 Timothy 5:4</a></span><br />But if any <span class="boldtext">widow</span> has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-5.htm">1 Timothy 5:5</a></span><br />Now she who is a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-6.htm">1 Timothy 5:6</a></span><br />but a pleasure-loving <span class="boldtext">widow</span> is dead even while still alive. <br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-9.htm">1 Timothy 5:9</a></span><br />Let no one be enrolled as a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7</a></span><br />However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart,'I sit a queen, and am no <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, and will in no way see mourning.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/38-11.htm">Genesis 38:11</a></span><br />Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-22.htm">Exodus 22:22</a></span><br />"You shall not take advantage of any <span class="boldtext">widow</span> or fatherless child. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Leviticus 21:14</a></span><br />A <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Leviticus 22:13</a></span><br />But if a priest's daughter is a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread: but no stranger shall eat any of it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/30-9.htm">Numbers 30:9</a></span><br />"But the vow of a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, or of her who is divorced, even everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18</a></span><br />He does execute justice for the fatherless and <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29</a></span><br />and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></span><br />and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm">Deuteronomy 16:14</a></span><br />and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, who are within your gates.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Deuteronomy 24:17</a></span><br />You shall not wrest the justice due to the foreigner, or to the fatherless, nor take the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>'s clothing to pledge;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19</a></span><br />When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-20.htm">Deuteronomy 24:20</a></span><br />When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-21.htm">Deuteronomy 24:21</a></span><br />When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5</a></span><br />If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-9.htm">Deuteronomy 25:9</a></span><br />then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, "So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12</a></span><br />When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-13.htm">Deuteronomy 26:13</a></span><br />You shall say before Yahweh your God, "I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me: I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-19.htm">Deuteronomy 27:19</a></span><br />'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due to the foreigner, fatherless, and <span class="boldtext">widow</span>.' All the people shall say,'Amen.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/4-5.htm">Ruth 4:5</a></span><br />Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Ruth 4:10</a></span><br />Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/27-3.htm">1 Samuel 27:3</a></span><br />David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-5.htm">1 Samuel 30:5</a></span><br />David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-2.htm">2 Samuel 2:2</a></span><br />So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm">2 Samuel 3:3</a></span><br />and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/14-5.htm">2 Samuel 14:5</a></span><br />The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, and my husband is dead.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/7-14.htm">1 Kings 7:14</a></span><br />He was the son of a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">1 Kings 11:26</a></span><br />Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, he also lifted up his hand against the king.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9</a></span><br />"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> there to sustain you."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">1 Kings 17:10</a></span><br />So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a <span class="boldtext">widow</span> was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, "Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-20.htm">1 Kings 17:20</a></span><br />He cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/24-3.htm">Job 24:3</a></span><br />They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>'s ox for a pledge.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/24-21.htm">Job 24:21</a></span><br />He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/29-13.htm">Job 29:13</a></span><br />the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>'s heart to sing for joy.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/31-16.htm">Job 31:16</a></span><br />"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> to fail,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/31-18.htm">Job 31:18</a></span><br />(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> from my mother's womb;)<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/94-6.htm">Psalms 94:6</a></span><br />They kill the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> and the alien, and murder the fatherless.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/109-9.htm">Psalms 109:9</a></span><br />Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalms 146:9</a></span><br />Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Proverbs 15:25</a></span><br />Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>'s borders intact.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/23-10.htm">Proverbs 23:10</a></span><br />Do not let the landmark of the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a></span><br />Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a></span><br />Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the <span class="boldtext">widow</span> come to them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/47-8.htm">Isaiah 47:8</a></span><br />"Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, neither shall I know the loss of children:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6</a></span><br />if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3</a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>; neither shed innocent blood in this place.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a></span><br />How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm">Ezekiel 22:7</a></span><br />In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/44-22.htm">Ezekiel 44:22</a></span><br />Neither shall they take for their wives a <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Zechariah 7:10</a></span><br />Don't oppress the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the <span class="boldtext">widow</span>, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/w/widow.htm">Widow</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/w/widow--anna.htm">Widow: Anna</a></p><p class="pspc"><a 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