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χηρεύωchēreuō
be a widow
Dictionary
1. intransitive to be bereaved of a person or thing, with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer)
2. absolute to be bereaved of a husband, to be widowed, live in widowhood , (Demosthenes Orator), etc.;—;of a man, to be a widower , (Plutarch); so, χηρεύσει λέχος (Euripides)
3. to live in solitude , of an exile, (Sophocles Tragicus)
4. transitive to bereave , (Euripides) (ML)
2. absolute to be bereaved of a husband, to be widowed, live in widowhood , (Demosthenes Orator), etc.;—;of a man, to be a widower , (Plutarch); so, χηρεύσει λέχος (Euripides)
3. to live in solitude , of an exile, (Sophocles Tragicus)
4. transitive to bereave , (Euripides) (ML)
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Liddell–Scott–Jones
χηρεύω, intr.,
A to be without, lack, c. gen., νῆσος ἀνδρῶν χ. Od. 9.124, cf. Plu. Pomp. 28, Ael. NA 4.59: γῆ χ. τῶν ἐκπονούντων Alciphr. 3.25; ὁλκὰς τῶν ἐμπλεόντων χηρεύουσα Hld. 1.1; τῶν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ὀργίων χ. Ach. Tat. 4.1; οὐδέποτε χ. τῶν ὄντων τινὸς ὁ κόσμος Herm. ap. Stob. 1.41.6; χ. ἀπό τινος Steph. in Hp. 1.219 D.
2 abs. of a woman, to be widowed, live in widowhood, Is. 6.51, D. 30.11, 33; of birds, Arist. Fr. 347; also of men, to be a widower, Plu. Cat.Ma. 24:— Med., χηρεύσῃ λέχος E. Alc. 1089.
3 live in solitude, of a fugitive, S. OT 479 (anap.).
II trans., bereave, E. Cyc. 440; πεσὼν χηρεύσει σύνοικον Aphth. Prog. 13.
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Where it occurs
Septuagint 1
2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 13:20
Intertestamental 1
Judith 8:4
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