- Transliteration: Chera

- Phonetic: khay'-rah

- Definition:

1. a widow

2. metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow

- Origin: feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5490 through the idea of deficiency

- TDNT entry: 16:20,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Feminine of a presumed derivation apparently from the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5490 through the idea of deficiency; a widow (as lacking a husband) literally or figuratively: - widow.