Definition

a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively

Etymology

feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of deficiency;

Word family

• χάσμα chásma

How the KJV renders it

• widow

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.