1 Timothy 5:9
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Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.

a widow.

1 Timothy 5:3,4 Honour widows that are widows indeed. . . .

taken.

1 Timothy 5:11,14 But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry: . . .

Luke 2:36,37 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity. . . .

having.

1 Timothy 3:2,12 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher, . . .

1 Corinthians 7:10,11,39,40 But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband. . . .

Context
Support for Widows
8But if any man have not care of his own and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel. 9Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. 10Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.…
Cross References
Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.

1 Timothy 3:2
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,

1 Timothy 5:16
If any of the faithful have widows, let him minister to them, and let not the church be charged: that there may be sufficient for them that are widows indeed.

Lexicon
A widow
Χήρα (Chēra)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5503: Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow, literally or figuratively.

should be enrolled
καταλεγέσθω (katalegesthō)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2639: To enter in a list, register, enroll. From kata and lego; to lay down, i.e. to enrol.

if she is
γεγονυῖα (gegonuia)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

[at least]
ἔλαττον (elatton)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Strong's Greek 1640: Less, smaller; poorer, inferior. Or elatton el-at-tone'; comparative of the same as elachistos; smaller.

sixty
ἑξήκοντα (hexēkonta)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1835: Sixty. The tenth multiple of hex; sixty.

years [old],
ἐτῶν (etōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

[the] wife
γυνή (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

of one
ἑνὸς (henos)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

man,
ἀνδρὸς (andros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.


Additional Translations
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,

Let a widow be enrolled, being not less than sixty years old, the wife of one man,

Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man.

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.

No widow is to be put on the roll who is under sixty years of age.

Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
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