Strong's Lexicon

H490

H490 — אַלמָנָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewalmanahnoun femOccurrences: 56TWOT: 105

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H490
Word:אַלמָנָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:fem of H488
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:56
Transliteration:almanah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:al-maw-naw'
Meaning:1. a widow 2. (also) a desolate place
KJV Renderings:desolate house (palace), widow.

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אַלְמָנָה54 noun feminine widow (Mishna id., Assyrian almattu Dl in ZimBP 114) — ׳ א Gen 38:11 +; no construct; plural אַלְמָנוֺת Exod 22:23 +; plural suffix אַלְמְנוֺתָיו Job 27:18, etc. — widow 1Kgs 17:20 ׳ אִשָּׁה אַ 2Sam 14:5 (|| וַיָּ֫מָת אִישִׁי) 1Kgs 7:14; 1Kgs 11:26; 1Kgs 17:9; 1Kgs 17:10; Gen 38:11 ( J ; living in father's house) compare Lev 22:13 ( H ; || גְּרוּשָׁה); Lev 21:14 ( H ), where widow forbidden as wife of high priest, like גְּרוּשָׁה, חֲלָלָה , זֹנָה compare Ezek 44:22 (3 t. in verse) (id. of all priests, except widow of priest); Num 30:10 ( P ; of widow's vow, || גְּרוּשָׁה); נְשֵׁיכֶם אַלְמָנוֺת = ye shall be slain Exod 22:23 (|| בְּנֵיכֶם יְתֹמִים) compare Ps 109:9; Jer 15:8; Jer 18:21; Ezek 22:25, also Lam 5:3 (simile); of those snatched away by pestilence אַלְמְנוֺתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה Job 27:15 by sword, id., Ps 78:64 ᵐ5 We read אַלְמָנוֺת חַיּוֺת 2Sam 20:3 (see אַלְמָנוּת below) of imprisoned concubines; figurative of Jerusalem Lam 1:1 Babylon Isa 47:8 especially widow as helpless, exposed to oppression & harsh treatment (often || יָתוֺם, & גֵּר); Isa 1:23; Isa 10:2; Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 31:16; Ps 94:6; Mal 3:5 harshness forbidden, & care for them enjoined Exod 22:21 ( E ) Deut 14:29 ; Deut 16:11 ; Deut 16:14 ; Deut 24:17 ; Deut 24:19 ; Deut 24:20 ; Deut 24:21 ; Deut 26:12 ; Deut 26:13 ; Deut 27:19 ; Isa 1:17; Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10, compare Job 29:13 under especially care of God Deut 10:18; Jer 49:11; Prov 15:25; Ps 68:6; Ps 146:9 once of severity of judgment in not sparing widow Isa 9:16. ( ׳ אַל Isa 13:22 see below אַרְמוֺן; Ezek 19:7 see ib. & also below מעון.)


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אלמנה (al-mih-nah’)

Genesis 38:11

KJV: Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
EHCC: Remain a widow at thy father’s house,

Leviticus 21:14

KJV: A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
EHCC: 4 widow, or ₪ divorced woman, '

Leviticus 22:13

KJV: But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
EHCC: if the priest's daughter be a widow,

Numbers 30:9

KJV: But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
EHCC: (10). But every vow of « widow,

Deuteronomy 10:18

KJV: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
EHCC: of the fatherless and widow,

Deuteronomy 14:29

KJV: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
EHCC: & 16:11, 14.the stranger, and the father-

Deuteronomy 24:17

KJV: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
EHCC: nor take the widow's raiment to pledge :

Deuteronomy 26:12

KJV: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
EHCC: the stranger, er] ic

Deuteronomy 27:19

KJV: Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
EHCC: the stranger, fatherless, ard widow. 0

Deuteronomy 11:26

KJV: Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
EHCC: whose mother's name (was) Zeruah, >

Deuteronomy 17:9

KJV: And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
EHCC: 1 have commanded 4 widow woman

Job 22:9

KJV: Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
EHCC: Thou hast sent widows away 1

Job 94:3

EHCC: they take the widow's ox

Job 27:15

KJV: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
EHCC: and his widows shall not weep.

Job 109:9

EHCC: וןסוֹ'וע:ס'װ!סווֹ\\

Job 146:9

EHCC: סמ relieveth the fatherless and widow:

Proverbs 15:25

KJV: The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
EHCC: establish the border of the widow.

Isaiah 1:17

KJV: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.relieve: or, righten
EHCC: plead for the widow.

Isaiah 9:17

KJV: Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.folly: or, villany
EHCC: (16). mercy on their fatherless and widows:

Isaiah 10:2

KJV: To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
EHCC: that widows may be their prey,

Jeremiah 7:6

KJV: If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
EHCC: the fatherless, the widow,

Jeremiah 18:21

KJV: Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.pour…: Heb. pour them out
EHCC: bereaved of theirchildren, and (be }widows;

Jeremiah 49:11

KJV: Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
EHCC: and let thy widows trust in me.

Lamentations 1:1

KJV: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
EHCC: is she become asa widow!

Lamentations 5:3

KJV: We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
EHCC: our mothers (are) as widows.
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