The customary acceptation of the word orphans is well known to be that of children deprived of their parents; but the force of the Greek word (rendered comfortless in the king James version, Joh 14:18) implies the case of those who have lost some dear protecting friend; some patron, though not strictly a father: and in this sense it is used, 1Th 2:17 : We also, brethren, being taken away from our care over you, . Corresponding to this import of the word it may be used by Christ in the passage of John’s Gospel.<\/p>\n
God has a special concern for orphans (Deu 10:18; Psa 68:5), and he wants his people to have similar concern (Deu 26:12; Jam 1:27). In circumstances where orphans are left poor or defenceless, people who are cruel or greedy can easily take unfair advantage of them (Exo 22:22; Job 24:3; Job 24:9; Isa 10:2; Jer 5:28). Although God will punish the oppressors (Deu 27:19; Psa 10:12-15; Mal 3:5), he expects his people to defend the oppressed against injustice (Deu 24:17; Job 29:12). He also expects them to help provide the needy with the necessities for everyday living (Deu 16:14; Job 31:16-17).<\/p>\n
orfan: This word occurs once only in the Old Testament (Lam 5:3, where it stands for , yathom, elsewhere rendered fatherless, and in the Septuagint always , orphanos); in the Apocrypha it occurs 3 times (2 Esdras 2:20; Tobit 1:8; 2 Macc 8:28). There is no clear case where it means the loss of both parents. The Scriptures devote considerable attention to the widow and orphan, and the idea is that the child is fatherless. It is not found in the King James Version of the New Testament; but the Greek word orphanos occurs twice, Joh 14:18 (the King James Version comfortless, the Revised Version (British and American) desolate, margin orphans) and Jam 1:27 (fatherless). See FATHERLESS.<\/p>\n
General references<\/p>\n
Exo 22:22-24<\/span>; Deu 10:18<\/span>; Deu 14:28-29<\/span>; Deu 16:11<\/span>; Deu 16:14<\/span>; Deu 24:17-22<\/span>; Deu 26:12-13<\/span>; Deu 27:19<\/span>; Job 6:27<\/span>; Job 22:9<\/span>; Job 24:3<\/span>; Job 24:9<\/span>; Job 29:12-13<\/span>; Job 31:16-18<\/span>; Job 31:21<\/span>; Psa 10:14<\/span>; Psa 10:17-18<\/span>; Psa 27:10<\/span>; Psa 68:5<\/span>; Psa 82:3<\/span>; Psa 94:6<\/span>; Psa 146:9<\/span>; Pro 23:10-11<\/span>; Isa 1:17<\/span>; Isa 1:23<\/span>; Isa 10:1-2<\/span>; Jer 5:28<\/span>; Jer 7:6-7<\/span>; Jer 22:3<\/span>; Jer 49:11<\/span>; Hos 14:3<\/span>; Mal 3:5<\/span>; Jas 1:27<\/span> Adoption<\/span>; Children<\/span>; Widow<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Instances of:<\/p>\n \n – <\/strong>Lot<\/p>\n Gen 11:27-28<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Daughters of Zelophehad<\/p>\n Num 27:1-5<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Jotham<\/p>\n Jdg 9:16-21<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Mephibosheth<\/p>\n 2Sa 9:3<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Joash<\/p>\n 2Ki 11:1-12<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Esther<\/p>\n Est 2:7<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>A type of Zion in affliction<\/p>\n Lam 5:3<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Orphan The customary acceptation of the word orphans is well known to be that of children deprived of their parents; but the force of the Greek word (rendered comfortless in the king James version, Joh 14:18) implies the case of those who have lost some dear protecting friend; some patron, though not strictly a father: … Continue reading “Orphan”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"