H491 - אַלְמָנוּת (ʼalmânûwth)

H491 אַלְמָנוּת (ʼalmânûwth) al-maw-nooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

widowhood

Strong's Definition

concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood

Derivation: feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);

KJV Usage: widow, widowhood.

TWOT Reference: 106

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) widowhood

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

widowhood

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַלְמָנוּת almânûth BDB Definition: 1) widowhood Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H488 Same Word by TWOT Number: 106 Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

38:14 38:19

20:3

54:4

Genesis 38:14

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Genesis 38:19

Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil... and put on her widow’s garments again.

2 Samuel 20:3

When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten... concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Isaiah 54:4

Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.