Widow
17 references
- Vows of, binding Num. 30:9
- When they are daughters of priests, they are to be supported by their fathers Lev. 22:13
- Priests forbidden to marry Lev. 21:14
- Marriage of, authorized Rom. 7:3; 1 Cor. 7:39
- Widows' dower
- See Dowry
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Exod. 22:22-24; Deut. 10:18; 14:28,29; 16:11-14; 24:17,19-21; 25:5-10; 27:19; Job 22:5,9; 24:3,21; 29:13; 31:16,22; Ps. 68:5; 94:6; 146:9; Prov. 15:25; Isa. 1:17,23; 10:1,2; Jer. 7:6,7; 22:3; 49:11; Ezek. 22:7; Zech. 7:10; Mal. 3:5; Matt. 23:14; Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; 1 Cor. 7:8,9; 1 Tim. 5:3-6,9-12,16
- INSTANCES OF
- Naomi Ruth 1:3
- Ruth RUT 1; 2; 3; 4
- The widow of Zarephath, who sustained Elijah during a famine 1 Kgs. 17
- The woman whose sons Elisha saved from being sold for debt 2 Kgs. 4:1-7
- Anna Luke 2:36,37
- The woman who gave two mites (leptas) in the temple courtyard Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:2
- The widow of Nain, whose only son Jesus raised from the dead Luke 7:11-15
- See Women
- See MARRIAGE, Levirate (brother-in-law)
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.