adjective

orfanos

Greekὀρφανός (orfanos)

Strong’sG3737

bereaved, an orphan

stem orfan-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

orphans2×

What it means

ὀρφανός, -ή, -όν,

[in LXX for יָתוֹם;]

1. prop., orphan, fatherless: Mk 12:40, WH, mg, Ja 1:27.

2. In a general sense (as also in cl.; v. LS, s.v.; and cf. MM, xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Jo 14:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3737 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidor-fan-os'

bereaved ("orphan"), i.e. parentless

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamescomfortless, fatherless.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	orfanos	orfanas	orfanem	orfanois	orfanais	orfaneim
object accusative	orfanon	orfanan		orfanoin2×ὀρφανούς	orfanain
direct address vocative	orfanor	orfanar		orfanoir	orfanair
of, belonging to genitive	orfanou	orfanau	orfaneu	orfanoiu	orfanaiu	orfaneiu
to, for dative	orfano	orfana	orfane	orfanoi	orfanai	orfanei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

orfanstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

orfan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

orfanoin“orphans”objectaccusative plural2×

John 14:18“orphans”Ouk afiēkami vin orfanoin, erchemō pros vin.I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

James 1:27“orphans”thrēskeias katharas kai amiantas para to theo kai patēro houtas atō, episkepterō orfanoin kai chērain en ta thlipsia autoiu, aspilon heauton tērarō apo tou kosmou.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.