HebrewH0490Noun (Feminine)

אַלְמָנָה

al.ma.nah

49Occurrences
H0490Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a widow; also a desolate place

feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
widow

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אַלְמָנָה appears 49 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
11
Job
6
1 Kings
5
Isaiah
5
Jeremiah
5
Ezk
4
Psalms
4
Lamentations
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 11:26BSB

Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

Deuteronomy 16:14BSB

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

Ezk 22:7BSB

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Jeremiah 15:8BSB

I will make their widows more numerousthan the sand of the sea.I will bring a destroyer at noonagainst the mothers of young men.I will suddenly bring upon themanguish and dismay.

Job 29:13BSB

The dying man blessed me,and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

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