Strong G3737ὀρφανός
orphan
- Transliteration
- orphanos
- Pronunciation
- or-fan-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
bereaved (orphan) that is parentless: - comfortless fatherless.
bereaved (orphan) that is parentless: - comfortless fatherless.
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G3737 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- comfortless1
- fatherless1
First verses
- John 14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
- 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.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀρφᾰνός, ή, όν,
also ός, όν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 149 (_anapaest meter_))]:— orphan, without parents, fatherless, αἱ δ᾽ ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.68; ὀ. τέκνα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 330; παῖδά τ᾽ ὀ. λιπεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 653)]: as substantive, orphan, ἐπίκληροι καὶ ὀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.12; ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ὀρφαναῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 926c; ὀρφανῶν κάκωσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 56.6, compare “IG” 12.6.124: also in _neuter_, εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔρημα ὑβρίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 927c)]; of animals, ὄρνις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1361)]; ὀ. οἶκος, δόμος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 943, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 657)]: metaphorically, neglected, ἡ δέλτος ὀρφανὴ κεῖται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.15)]; ὀρφανὰ κεῖται σκῦλα epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.13.3.)]
II with genitive, bereaved or bereft of,
II.1 of children, ὀ. πατρός reft of father, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 914, 1010; τοῦ πατρὸς ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.70; γονέων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.293d, etc.)]
II.2 of parents, πότμον ὀρφανὸν γενεᾶς childless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.61)]; ὀ. παιδός, τέκνων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 149 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 332.6; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 425.)]
II.3 generally, ὀ. ἑτάρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 730d; νύμφας ἔθηκεν ὀρφανὰς ξυναόρων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1136; ἐπιστήμης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.147a; κρατός Sositheus Tragicus 2.20)]; ὀρφανοὶ ὕβριος free from insolence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).8(26); ψόφον.. Κασταλίας ὀρφανὸν ἀνδρῶν χορεύσιος [prev. author] “Pae.” 6.9)]; ὀ. μαχᾶν, ={ἀπόμαχος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 154)]; ὀρφανὴ βίου, i.e. poor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.39; ὀ. ἀγκίστρου κάλαμος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.42 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus): Comedy texts _metaphorically_, ὀ. ταρίχιον)] salt-fish without sauce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 22 (uncertain reading). (A shorter form ὀρφο- appears in ὀρφο-βότης (which see), ὀρφόω,)] cf. Latin orbus, Gothic arbi 'inheritance'.)
also ός, όν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 149 (_anapaest meter_))]:— orphan, without parents, fatherless, αἱ δ᾽ ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.68; ὀ. τέκνα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 330; παῖδά τ᾽ ὀ. λιπεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 653)]: as substantive, orphan, ἐπίκληροι καὶ ὀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.12; ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ὀρφαναῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 926c; ὀρφανῶν κάκωσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 56.6, compare “IG” 12.6.124: also in _neuter_, εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔρημα ὑβρίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 927c)]; of animals, ὄρνις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1361)]; ὀ. οἶκος, δόμος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 943, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 657)]: metaphorically, neglected, ἡ δέλτος ὀρφανὴ κεῖται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.15)]; ὀρφανὰ κεῖται σκῦλα epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.13.3.)]
II with genitive, bereaved or bereft of,
II.1 of children, ὀ. πατρός reft of father, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 914, 1010; τοῦ πατρὸς ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.70; γονέων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.293d, etc.)]
II.2 of parents, πότμον ὀρφανὸν γενεᾶς childless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.61)]; ὀ. παιδός, τέκνων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 149 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 332.6; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 425.)]
II.3 generally, ὀ. ἑτάρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 730d; νύμφας ἔθηκεν ὀρφανὰς ξυναόρων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1136; ἐπιστήμης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.147a; κρατός Sositheus Tragicus 2.20)]; ὀρφανοὶ ὕβριος free from insolence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).8(26); ψόφον.. Κασταλίας ὀρφανὸν ἀνδρῶν χορεύσιος [prev. author] “Pae.” 6.9)]; ὀ. μαχᾶν, ={ἀπόμαχος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 154)]; ὀρφανὴ βίου, i.e. poor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.39; ὀ. ἀγκίστρου κάλαμος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.42 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus): Comedy texts _metaphorically_, ὀ. ταρίχιον)] salt-fish without sauce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 22 (uncertain reading). (A shorter form ὀρφο- appears in ὀρφο-βότης (which see), ὀρφόω,)] cf. Latin orbus, Gothic arbi 'inheritance'.)