Lexical Summary orphanos: an orphan Original Word: ὀρφανόςTransliteration: orphanos Phonetic Spelling: (or-fan-os') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: an orphan Meaning: an orphan Strong's Concordance orphaned, fatherless. Of uncertain affinity; bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. Parentless -- comfortless, fatherless. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3737: ὀρφανόςὀρφανός, ὀρφανη, ὀρφανόν (ὈΡΦΟΣ, Latinorbus; (Curtius, § 404)), from Homer, Odyssey 20, 68 down, the Sept. for יָתום; bereft (of a father, of parents), James 1:27 (A. V. fatherless); of those bereft of a teacher, guide, guardian, John 14:18 (Lamentations 5:3). |