{"def":{"short":"a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively","long":["a widow","metaphorically a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow"]},"deriv":"feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of G5490 through the idea of deficiency","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈxe.rɑ","ipa_mod":"ˈxe̞.rɑ","sbl":"chēra","dic":"HAY-ra","dic_mod":"HAY-ra"},"see":["G5490"]}