{"id":1653,"date":"2013-02-06T23:57:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T23:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2013-03-18T01:09:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:09:29","slug":"i-tim-53-16c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-5\/i-tim-53-16c\/","title":{"rendered":"I Tim. 5:3-16C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe English word widow describes a woman whose husband is dead. The Greek word chera includes that meaning, but is not limited to it. It is an adjective used as a noun, and means \u201cbereft,\u201d \u201crobbed,\u201d \u201chaving suffered loss,\u201d or \u201cleft alone.\u201d The word does not speak of how a woman was left alone, it merely describes the situation. It is broad enough to encompass those who lost their husbands through death, desertion, divorce, or imprisonment. 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