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Orphanhood - ) The state or condition of being an
Orphan;
Orphanage
Ithmah - (ihth' mah) Personal name meaning, “orphan
Orphanage - ) An institution or asylum for the care of
Orphans. ) The state of being an
Orphan;
Orphanhood;
Orphans, collectively
Bereaved, Bereft - 1: ἀπορφανίζω (Strong's #642 — Verb — aporphanizomai — ap-or-fan-id'-zo ) lit. , "to be rendered an
Orphan" (apo, "from," with the thought of separation, and
Orphanos, "an
Orphan"), is used metaphorically in
1 Thessalonians 2:17 (AV, "taken from;" RV, "bereaved"), in the sense of being "bereft" of the company of the saints through being compelled to leave them (cp. The word has a wider meaning than that of being an
Orphan. ...
Note: The corresponding adjective,
Orphanos, is translated "desolate" in
John 14:18 (AV, "comfortless"); "fatherless" in
James 1:27 ; see DESOLATE , FATHERLESS
Fatherless - 1: ὀρφανός (Strong's #3737 — Adjective —
Orphanos — or-fan-os' ) properly, "an
Orphan," is rendered "fatherless" in
James 1:27 ; "desolate" in
John 14:18 , for AV, "comfortless
Orphan - ) To cause to become an
Orphan; to deprive of parents
Orphan - The meaning is clearly demonstrated in
Lamentations 5:3 : "We have become
Orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows. Consequently in the Bible, and in the ancient Near East,
Orphans and widows are usually mentioned together as the epitome of the poor and deprived of society, the personae miserabiles. The first reference to
Orphans in the Bible is found in the earliest law code of ancient Israel, the Covenant Code (Exodus 21-24 ). In this text, given to a group of recently liberated slaves, the Lord passionately desired the protection of the
Orphan: "Do not take advantage of a widow or an
Orphan. To have compassion on the powerless, represented by the
Orphan, is to have the same zeal as God, who is known especially as "the helper of the fatherless" (
Psalm 10:14 ), the helper of the helpless (
Job 29:12 ). Consequently the yardstick by which Israelite society is measured in the prophetic critique is its concern to protect and provide for the totally dependent, a prime example of which was the
Orphan (
Isaiah 1:23 ; 10:2 ;
Jeremiah 5:28 ;
Ezekiel 22:7 ;
Malachi 3:5 ). True repentance meant justice for the
Orphan (
Isaiah 1:17 ;
Jeremiah 7:6 ; 22:3 ;
Zechariah 7:10 ). ...
Israel used the metaphor of an
Orphan to describe its own origins. If Yahweh judged the people, it was as if they had become
Orphans without a father (
Lamentations 5:3 ). There are only two certain references to
Orphans. The essence of true religion is "to look after
Orphans and widows in their distress. Christ stated at the last supper that he would not leave his disciples as
Orphans but come to them in the presence of his Spirit (
John 14:18 ). They are no longer spiritual
Orphans but can begin to pray, "Our Father" (
Matthew 6:9 )
Campbell, James - He was a member of the board of city trusts, Philadelphia, president of the board of trustees of Jefferson Medical School for 25 years, and for 45 years vice-president of Saint Joseph's
Orphan Asylum
James Campbell - He was a member of the board of city trusts, Philadelphia, president of the board of trustees of Jefferson Medical School for 25 years, and for 45 years vice-president of Saint Joseph's
Orphan Asylum
Asylum - ) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an
Orphan asylum
Margaret Haughery - She was brought to Baltimore by her father, Charles Gaffney, but at an early age was left a homeless
Orphan. After her husband's death at New Orleans, 1836, she consecrated her life to succoring the
Orphans and the poor, and died mourned as "the mother of the
Orphans
Haughery, Margaret - She was brought to Baltimore by her father, Charles Gaffney, but at an early age was left a homeless
Orphan. After her husband's death at New Orleans, 1836, she consecrated her life to succoring the
Orphans and the poor, and died mourned as "the mother of the
Orphans
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet - The congregation, comprising five provinces (Saint Louis, Saint Paul, Troy, Los Angeles, and Augusta) in 26 archdioceses and dioceses of the United States includes colleges, academies, diocesan high schools, Indian and deaf-mute schools, hospitals,
Orphan
Damian, Peter, Saint - Left an
Orphan at an early age, he was adopted by an elder brother and became a swineherd
Sisters of Saint Joseph -(Philadelphia) - Established in 1847, when four members of the community at Carondelet, in response to Bishop Kenrick's appeal, took charge of an
Orphan asylum in Philadelphia. The sisters manages parochial elementary and high schools, a college, academies, industrial and commercial schools, an
Orphanage, a deaf-mute institute, day nursery, and settlement house in the archdioceses of Baltimore and Philadelphia, and the dioceses of Harrisburg, Newark, and Trenton
John Bosco, Saint - A priest at Turin, he decided to devote his life to neglected
Orphan boys, and in February, 1842, he formed the Oratory, an association of twenty youths, whose numbers grew rapidly and for whom he built night-schools, technical schools, workshops, and a dormitory
Esther, Book of - A book of the Bible, relating the history of a Jewish
Orphan girl named Edissa, later Esther, written probably not later than the time of Esdras, by an unknown author
Lemuel - Abstemious; a pleader for and patron of those who cannot defend themselves, the widow and
Orphan
Roch, Saint - Left an
Orphan at twenty, he distributed his fortune among the poor
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - The order manages schools, a college, an academy, and an
Orphanage for girls, all in the states of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio. The members of this community conduct a college, academies, high schools, elementary schools, boys industrial school,
Orphan asylums, infant home, nursery, and a sodality home
Filippo Lippi - Educated as an
Orphan in the Carmelite convent near Florence, he joined the order at 16
Lippi, Fra Filippo - Educated as an
Orphan in the Carmelite convent near Florence, he joined the order at 16
Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne - Having become an
Orphan at age six, she was educated by the Abbe de Coulanges, her uncle, who taught her Latin, Spanish and Italian, and gave her his own practical spirit and deep sense of religion
Fatherless - A person without a male parent, often rendered
Orphan by modern translations.
Orphans are often mentioned with widows as representatives of the most helpless members of society (
Exodus 22:22 ;
Deuteronomy 10:18 ;
Psalm 146:9 ).
Orphans were often forced to beg for food (
Psalm 109:9-10 ). God, however, has a special concern for
Orphans and widows (
Deuteronomy 10:18 ;
Psalm 10:14-18 ;
Psalm 146:9 ;
Hosea 14:3 ) evidenced in the title “a father of the fatherless” (
Psalm 68:5 ). Old Testament law provided for the material needs of
Orphans and widows who were to be fed from the third year's tithe (
Deuteronomy 14:28-29 ;
Deuteronomy 26:12-13 ), from sheaves left forgotten in the fields (
Deuteronomy 24:19 ), and from fruit God commanded to be left on the trees and vines (
Deuteronomy 24:20-21 ).
Orphans and widows were to be included in the celebrations of the worshiping community (
Deuteronomy 16:11 ,
Deuteronomy 16:11,16:14 ). God's people were repeatedly warned not to take advantage of
Orphans and widows (
Exodus 22:22 ;
Deuteronomy 24:17 ;
Deuteronomy 27:19 ;
Psalm 82:3 ;
Isaiah 1:17 ). In the New Testament, James defined worship acceptable to God as meeting the needs of
Orphans and widows (
Isaiah 1:27 ). ...
God's exiled people were described as
Orphans without home or inheritance (
Lamentations 5:2-3 ). The Old Testament image of the
Orphan without a helper at the court perhaps forms the background for Jesus' promise that His disciples would not be left
Orphans (
John 14:18 , NAS, NIV, NRSV; “comfortless”, KJV; “bereft”, REB). Paul described his painful separation from the Thessalonian Christians as being
Orphaned (
1 Thessalonians 2:17 , NRSV)
Ammon (or Amon), Saint - Being left an
Orphan by his parents, wealthy people near Alexandria, he was forced by his uncle to marry
Flaget, Benedict Joseph - In 1834 his diocese was limited to Kentucky and Tennessee, and it soon had a seminary, 4 colleges, 3 religious orders of men, 3 convents, several academies, and an
Orphan asylum
Benedict Joseph Flaget - In 1834 his diocese was limited to Kentucky and Tennessee, and it soon had a seminary, 4 colleges, 3 religious orders of men, 3 convents, several academies, and an
Orphan asylum
Nevada - He served first as a missionary to the Indians of California and was sent by Archbishop Alemany, in 1863, to Virginia City, Neveda, where he built a church and established the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, as well as two schools, an
Orphan asylum, and a hospital, all much needed in the unorganized mining community
Jean Racine - Early an
Orphan, he was sent by relatives to the College of Beauvais, to Port Royal, and to the College of Harcourt
Racine, Jean - Early an
Orphan, he was sent by relatives to the College of Beauvais, to Port Royal, and to the College of Harcourt
Orphanages - (Greek:
Orphanos, deprived of parents) ...
Institutions dedicated to the rearing of
Orphaned children. The Jews and Greeks (apparently not the Romans) made the support of
Orphans a part of their recognized social order. In the 4th century,
Orphanages as we know them, were fostered by Saint Ephraem, Saint Basil, Saint John Chrysostom and other bishops. The greatest fignre in the history of the care for
Orphans is Saint Vincent de Paul (1576-1660). Work for
Orphans was one of the great parts of his apostolate of charity, and for this work he established the Sisters of Charity, whose
Orphanages exist to this day in all parts of the world. The first is the recognition that whenever possible the
Orphan should not be left permanently in the
Orphanage, but should be given a place in the normal family life of some foster home. The second is the attempt to make the
Orphanage as much as possible like an ordinary home. Instead of one large building in which all the
Orphans live a common life, a number of small houses are provided, and the children are distributed among them in groups containing different ages and different types, supervised by an adult who should strive to fill the role of a parent to them
Mordecai - He adopted his cousin Hadassah (Esther), an
Orphan child, whom he tenderly brought up as his own daughter
Foundling Asylums - In the United States, the first
Orphan asylum was founded in New Orleans, 1129, by the Ursuline Sisters
Asylums, Foundling - In the United States, the first
Orphan asylum was founded in New Orleans, 1129, by the Ursuline Sisters
Merchant Guilds - The guildsmen took part as a corporate body in all religious celebrations in the town, organized festivities, provided for sick and impoverished brethren, undertook the care of their
Orphan children, and provided for Masses for deceased members
Guilds, Merchant - The guildsmen took part as a corporate body in all religious celebrations in the town, organized festivities, provided for sick and impoverished brethren, undertook the care of their
Orphan children, and provided for Masses for deceased members
Lord's Prayer, - (
Isaiah 1:2 );
Mali 1:6 Or mentioned as a last resource of the
Orphan and desolate creature, (
Isaiah 63:16 ) but never brought out in its fullness, as indeed it could not be, till he was come by whom we have received the adoption of sons
Desolate, Desolation - ...
B — 2: ὀρφανός (Strong's #3737 — Adjective —
Orphanos — or-fan-os' ) (Eng. , "orphan;" Lat
Mordecai - A Benjamite, first cousin of Esther, queen of Ahasuerus, who, being an
Orphan, had been brought up by him
Esther - Being an
Orphan she was brought up by her cousin Mordecai
Esther - ’ She was the daughter of Abihail, of the tribe of Benjamin, and was brought up, an
Orphan, in the house of her cousin Mordecai , in Shushan
Louisiana - Their activities included a school, a hospital, and an
Orphan asylum
Albany - Conroy, erected Saint Joseph's church, established a home for the aged in care of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and
Orphanages under the direction of the Sisters of Charity and the Christian Brothers. Charitable institutions in the city include Saint Peter's Hospital, in charge of the Sisters of Mercy, House of the Good Shepherd, for delinquent females and for the educating and reforming of wayward children, Saint Vincent's Female
Orphan Asylum under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, who also have under their care a maternity hospital and infant home, and two day nurseries in care of the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Saint Joseph
Esther - ...
Summary of the story...
When the Persian king decided to replace his queen, the woman chosen was Esther, an
Orphan Jew who had been brought up by her cousin Mordecai
Chicago, Illinois - In 1849 an
Orphan asylum was erected by Reverend James Oliver Van de Velde, in order to care for the children whose parents died during the cholera epidemic of that year
Widow - Indeed, she was frequently placed alongside the
Orphan and the landless immigrant (
Exodus 22:21-22 ;
Deuteronomy 24:17,19 , 20-21 ) as representative of the poorest of the poor (
Job 24:4 ; 29:12 ; 31:16 ;
Isaiah 10:2 ) in the social structure of ancient Israel, as well as in the ancient Near East. She was thus called to remember her liberation and to imitate her God who was not only the father of the
Orphan, but the legal defender of the widow (
Psalm 68:6 ) and the guardian of her property (
Proverbs 15:25 ). ...
The early church, the messianic community, defined the essence of true religion as demonstrating compassion to the poor and needy, in particular the widow and the
Orphan (
James 1:27 )
Verily - ]'>[3] and the Talmud warns against ‘an
Orphan Amen,’ meaning one uttered without consideration, or in ignorance whereto the response is being made
Widows - Widows and
Orphans are alluded to by St. In Hermas we find repeatedly such sentiments as the following: ‘Instead of fields then buy ye oppressed souls as each one can, and widows and
Orphans mercifully visit (ἐπισκέπτεσθε) and do not overlook them’ (Sim. Fasting is recommended so that by the saving thus effected the widow and the
Orphan might be filled (v. Deacons who exercise their office wickedly, robbing widows and
Orphans of their livelihood, are spots on the Church (ix. Heretics are censured by Ignatius because ‘they do not care for the love-feast or for brotherly love (περὶ ἀγάπης), nor yet for the widow nor the
Orphan’ (ad Smyrn. Aristides in his Apology can say of Christians as a whole: ‘From the widows they do not turn away their countenance; they rescue the
Orphan from him who does him violence’ (see Hermas, Vis. ...
The OT (
Deuteronomy 14:29, Job 29:13, Isaiah 1:17, Jeremiah 22:3, Ezekiel 22:7, Zechariah 7:10, Malachi 3:5), the Apocrypha (
Sirach 4:10, ‘Be as a father to
Orphans, and in place of a husband to their mother’), and Rabbinical literature (W. There were deposits for widows and
Orphans in the treasury of the Temple (
2 Maccabees 3:10), and from the gospel we learn that even well-to-do widows were robbed by the Pharisees and that others were subject to spoliation without legal redress (
Mark 12:40; see Swete, in loc
Vine - The Israelites were also required to indulge the poor, the
Orphan, and the stranger, with the use of the grapes on the seventh year
Security of the Believer - ...
The biblical view of assurance or security is rooted in the conviction that when Jesus departed from the disciples, the Lord did not
Orphan them or leave them without support
Tithe, Tithing - Every third year tithes remained in the hometown and were given to the Levite, alien,
Orphan, and widow (vv
Foreigner - Yet, although ancient Near Eastern law codes stressed protection for the widow and
Orphan, only Israel's contained legislation for the resident alien
Esther - Esther is the story of a Jewish
Orphan girl raised by her uncle, Mordecai, in Persia
New York, City of - In 1817 an
Orphan asylum was founded in charge of the Sisters of Charity and the "New York Catholic Benevolent Society" for its supervision was incorporated, 1817, by the legislature, the first Catholic 8Ociety in the state to be so legalized; in 1829 the Union Emigrant Society, the forerunner of the Irish Emigrant Society and the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, was founded, and was followed by the establishment of several other societies for immigrant aid
Justice - God “executes justice for the
Orphan and the widow, and loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing” (
Deuteronomy 10:18 , NRSV; compare
Hosea 10:12 ;
Isaiah 30:18 ). These groups include widows,
Orphans, resident aliens (also called “sojourners” or “strangers”), wage earners, the poor, and prisoners, slaves, and the sick (
Job 29:12-17 ;
Psalm 146:7-9 ;
Malachi 3:5 )
Psalms, the Book of - " ...
InscriptionsWith the exception of twenty-five psalms, hence called
Orphan psalms, all the rest have inscriptions of various kinds
Violence - Elsewhere, Jeremiah portrays taking advantage of the disadvantaged (orphan, widow, and stranger) as violence (
Jeremiah 22:3 )
Jephthah And His Daughter - 'Caius Martius,' says Plutarch, 'being left an
Orphan of his father, was brought up under his mother, a widow, and he has taught us by his experience that
Orphanage brings many disadvantages to a child, but does not hinder him from becoming an honest man, or from excelling in virtues above the common sort. Debtors, broken men, injured and outcast men,
Orphan and illegitimate sons, prodigal sons, and sons with whom their fathers were wearied out; with, no doubt, a sprinkling of salt here and there, as there always is among the most corrupt characters and the most abandoned men. And many of the sons of the elders of Israel ate the fat and drank the sweet at Jephthah's
Orphaned table, because of what Jephthah had read long ago on the Lord's wall at Mizpeh
Hospitality - Widows,
Orphans, the poor, or sojourners from other lands lacked the familial or community status that provided a landed inheritance, the means of making a living, and protection. In its literature, Israel alone seems to have included the foreign sojourner along with those other alienated persons who were to receive care: the widow, the
Orphan, and the poor
Poor And Poverty, Theology of - The words "poor" and "poverty" cover a wide range of meaning, overlapping with terms like "widow" or "orphan, " which underscores the expansive nature of the topic
Paul's Visit to Jerusalem to See Peter - To face the widows and the
Orphans of the men he had put to death in the days of his ignorance and unbelief. Now, if any of you have ever made any woman a widow, or any child an
Orphan, or done anything of that remorseful kind, do not flee the country
Matthew - His business would not let Matthew stop to think who was a widow, and who was an
Orphan, and who was being cruelly treated
Wages - Consequently, hired laborers could be classed with the personae miserabiles, the widow,
Orphan, and stranger
Joseph And Mary - Was the Virgin an
Orphan, or was Mary's mother such a woman that Mary could have opened her heart to any stranger rather than to her? Be that as it may, Mary found a true mother in Elizabeth of Hebron
Heir Heritage Inheritance - ...
On the other hand, the Latin heres with its derivatives, used by the Vulgate, being a weak form of χῆρος, ‘bereft,’ has the idea of succession; it means literally ‘an
Orphan,’ and so hints at the death of the father
Josiah - Josiah is an
Orphan and a prince with a terrible heritage of woe
Economic Life - ...
Since life was uncertain and disease and war often took many of the village's inhabitants, laws were provided to insure that the widow, the
Orphan, and the stranger would not go hungry. ) where the hero's father Daniel is said to be judging the cases of widows and
Orphans at the threshing floor
Abortion - In the Old Testament, both
Orphan (or fatherless; yatom [
Deuteronomy 14:29 ; 24:17-21 ; 26:12-13 ; 16:11,14 ) were echoed by prophets whose demands for social justice showed they considered
Orphans, widows, and the like particularly defenseless. Job contended strenuously, against the charges of Eliphaz (22:9), that his conduct toward
Orphans and widows had been exemplary (29:12-13; 31:16-23)
Individualism - Than this, both are a great deal nearer the position of Him who said, ‘Sell that ye have, and give alms’ (
Luke 12:33), ‘woe unto you who are rich’ (
Luke 6:24), who denounced the robbery of the widow and the
Orphan, and no doubt included every form of ruthless competition whereby the strong get advantage of the weak
Abstinence - 7: ‘Reckon up on this day what thy meal would otherwise have cost thee, and give the amount to some poor widow or
Orphan, or to the poor
Esther - And in the long-run, the result of that night's evil work was that Vashti was dismissed into disgrace and banishment, and Esther, the Hebrew
Orphan, was promoted into her place. ...
Mordecai was the uncle and the foster-father of the
Orphaned Esther
Work - Moreover, it is also a recognition that the fruits of work must be shared with the less fortunate, particularly the foreigner, the widow, and the
Orphan (
Deuteronomy 14:22-29 ; 26:12-15 )
Offering - They, like the widow, the
Orphan, and the resident alien, were to be given the tithe of all farm produce every third year (
Tertullianus, Quintus Septimius Florens - On the monthly day appointed each gives to the chest what he likes; the money is disbursed not in feasting and drinking, but in supporting and burying the poor, in providing for destitute
Orphan boys and girls, in supporting the aged, the infirm, and the shipwrecked, and in succouring those sent to the mines or incarcerated in prisons ex causa Dei sectae