Orphanos ὀρφανός
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| ὀρφανός | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | orphanos |
| Strong's number | G3737 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | orphan |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | John (1) |
Orphanos (Greek ὀρφανός, Strong's G3737) is a Greek adjective meaning “orphan”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ὀρφανός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for יָתוֹם ;]
1. prop., orphan, fatherless: Mrk.12:40, WH, mg, Jas.1:27.
2. In a general sense (as also in cl.; see LS, see word; and cf. MM, xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Jhn.14:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX for יָתוֹם ;]
1. prop., orphan, fatherless: Mrk.12:40, WH, mg, Jas.1:27.
2. In a general sense (as also in cl.; see LS, see word; and cf. MM, xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Jhn.14:18.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | comfortless (1), fatherless (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | orphans (2) |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Orphanos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
John
- John 14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
James
- James 1:27Pure 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.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).