The word in Scripture

Widow in the Bible

The word widow appears 55 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The widow is the vulnerable one whom God defends. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What widow means in the Bible

The widow is the vulnerable one whom God defends.

Where the word widow appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word widow appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”Psalms 94:6

“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”Psalms 146:9

“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.”Proverbs 15:25

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”Isaiah 1:17

“Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:”Isaiah 47:8

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

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

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