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χηρεύω

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Gloss: be a widow

Transliteration: chēreuō

Strong’s: G9725

1. intransitive to be bereaved of a person or thing, with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer)
2. absolute to be bereaved of a husband, to be widowed, live in widowhood , (Demosthenes Orator), etc.;—;of a man, to be a widower , (Plutarch); so, χηρεύσει λέχος (Euripides)
3. to live in solitude , of an exile, (Sophocles Tragicus)
4. transitive to bereave , (Euripides) (ML)
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