H3490 - יָתוֹם (yâthôwm)

H3490 יָתוֹם (yâthôwm) yaw-thome'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

orphan

Strong's Definition

a bereaved person

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be lonely;

KJV Usage: fatherless (child), orphan.

TWOT Reference: 934a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) an orphan, fatherless

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G3737

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

an orphan, fatherless

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָתוֹם yâthôm BDB Definition: 1) an orphan, fatherless Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be lonely Same Word by TWOT Number: 934a Total KJV Occurrences: 42

Bible Occurrences (42)

22:22 22:24

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

6:27 22:9 24:3 24:9 29:12 31:17 31:21

10:14 10:18 68:5 82:3 94:6 109:9 109:12 146:9

23:10

1:17 1:23 9:17 10:2

5:28 7:6 22:3 49:11

5:3

22:7

14:3

7:10

3:5

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.

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 -.

Deuteronomy 16:11

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He... will choose as a dwelling for His Name... — you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

Deuteronomy 16:14

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.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

Deuteronomy 24:19

If you are harvesting... in your field and forget a sheaf [there], do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.