Word 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, Latin
orbus; (
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).