“Widow(s)” Mentioned in the New Testament (KJV)

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied,
there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews,
because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
– Acts 6:1

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I am no preacher, but, am a prime sinner and living in this world in HIS mercy. For a sinner like me too, when I read “The Holy Bible” KJV,  the following verses were given in the context of “Widow” mentioned in the New Testament (KJV) .

WordWeb meaning for “widow”

Noun: widow  wi-dow

1. A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
   – widow woman, relict [archaic]
2. A woman whose husband is often away
   – grass widow
3. (printing) a single last word or line carried over to the next page or column

Verb: widow  wi-dow

1. Cause to be without a spouse
   “The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia“

Derived forms: widows, widowing, widowed

Type of: adult female, leave, leave behind, woman

Encyclopedia: Widow Widow, Masovian Voivodeship Widow, West Pomeranian Voivodeship Widow, Silesian Voivodeship Widow, Weep for Me

Matthew 23:14   Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour widows’ houses,
and for a pretence make long prayer:
therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Mark 12:40   Which devour widows’ houses,
and for a pretence make long prayers:
these shall receive greater damnation.

Mark 12:42   And there came a certain poor widow,
and she threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.

Mark 12:43   And he called unto him his disciples,
and saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you,
That this poor widow hath cast more in,
than all they which have cast into the treasury:

Luke 2:37   And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years,
which departed not from the temple,
but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 4:25   But I tell you of a truth,
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias,
when the heaven was shut up three years and six months,
when great famine was throughout all the land;

Luke 4:26   But unto none of them was Elias sent,
save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon,
unto a woman that was a widow.

Luke 7:12   Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,
behold, there was a dead man carried out,
the only son of his mother,
and she was a widow:
and much people of the city was with her.

Luke 18:3   And there was a widow in that city;
and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine adversary.

Luke 18:5   Yet because this widow troubleth me,
I will avenge her,
lest by her continual coming she weary me.

Luke 20:47   Which devour widows’ houses,
and for a shew make long prayers:
the same shall receive greater damnation.

Luke 21:2   And he saw also a certain poor widow
casting in thither two mites.

Luke 21:3   And he said, Of a truth I say unto you,
that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

Acts 6:1   And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied,
there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews,
because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Acts 9:39   Then Peter arose and went with them.
When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber:
and all the widows stood by him weeping,
and shewing the coats
and garments which Dorcas made,
while she was with them.

Acts 9:41   And he gave her his hand,
and lifted her up,
and when he had called the saints and widows,
presented her alive.

1 Corinthians 7:8   I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,
It is good for them if they abide even as I.

1 Timothy 5:3   Honour widows that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy 5:4   But if any widow have children or nephews,
let them learn first to shew piety at home,
and to requite their parents:
for that is good and acceptable before God.

1 Timothy 5:5   Now she that is a widow indeed,
and desolate,
trusteth in God,
and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

1 Timothy 5:9   Let not a widow be taken into
the number under threescore years old,
having been the wife of one man,

1 Timothy 5:11   But the younger widows refuse:
for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ,
they will marry;

1 Timothy 5:16   If any man or woman
that believeth have widows,
let them relieve them,
and let not the church be charged;
that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

James 1:27   Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Revelation 18:7   How much she hath glorified herself,
and lived deliciously,
so much torment and sorrow give her:
for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen,
and am no widow,
and shall see no sorrow.

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