H490 - אַלְמָנָה (ʼalmânâh)

H490 אַלְמָנָה (ʼalmânâh) al-maw-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

widow

Strong's Definition

a widow; also a desolate place

Derivation: feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);

KJV Usage: desolate house (palace), widow.

TWOT Reference: 105

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) widow

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5503

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

widow

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַלְמָנָה almânâh BDB Definition: 1) widow Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H488; a widow Same Word by TWOT Number: 105 Total KJV Occurrences: 56

Bible Occurrences (54)

38:11

22:22 22:24

21:14 22:13

30:9

10:18 14:29 16:11 16:14 24:17 24:19 24:20 24:21 26:12 26:13 27:19

14:5

7:14 11:26 17:9 17:10 17:20

22:9 24:3 24:21 27:15 29:13 31:16

68:5 78:64 94:6 109:9 146:9

15:25

1:17 1:23 9:17 10:2 13:22 47:8

7:6 15:8 18:21 22:3 49:11

1:1 5:3

19:7 22:7 22:25 44:22

7:10

3:5

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up. For he thought, He may die too, like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Exodus 22:22

You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

Exodus 22:24

My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children [will be] fatherless.

Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry...... a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry... a virgin from his own people,

Leviticus 22:13

But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no... outsider may share it.

Numbers 30:9

Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill...... is binding on her.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied.... And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands -.