Luke 18:3
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
צַר
tsar
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
Key Terms in This Verse
צַר tsar
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
Study H6862 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
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