אַלְמָנָה
al.ma.nah
“widow”
Definition
a widow; also a desolate place
feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אַלְמָנָה appears 49 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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,
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.
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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.
The dying man blessed me,and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
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