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Lexicon :: Strong's H3490 - yāṯôm

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יָתוֹם
Transliteration
yāṯôm
Pronunciation
yaw-thome'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be lonely
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TWOT Reference: 934a

Strong’s Definitions

יָתוֹם yâthôwm, yaw-thome'; from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person:—fatherless (child), orphan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H3490 in the following manner: fatherless (38x), fatherless child (3x), orphans (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H3490 in the following manner: fatherless (38x), fatherless child (3x), orphans (1x).

  1. an orphan, fatherless

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָתוֹם yâthôwm, yaw-thome'; from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person:—fatherless (child), orphan.
STRONGS H3490: Abbreviations
† יָתוֺם noun [masculine] orphan (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַתְמָא, bdb045011; Phoenician יתם; Arabic bdb045012 pupil, orphan) — יָתוֺם Exodus 22:21 + 29 times; plural יְתוֺמִים Exodus 22:23 + 8 times; suffix יְתֹמֶיךָ Jeremiah 49:11; יְתֹמָיו Isaiah 9:16; לִיתוֺמָיו Psalm 109:12; — orphan, i.e. fatherless (|| אַלְמָנָה) Exodus 22:23; Psalm 109:9; Lamentations 5:3 (|| אַין אָב); Job 24:9; Psalm 109:12; probably also Exodus 22:21; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; Deuteronomy 24:17, 19, 20, 21; Deuteronomy 26:12, 13; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 94:6; Psalm 146:9; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5 (in all these, mentioned as helpless, exposed to injury, || אַלְמָנָה and גֵּר); similarly, || אַלְמָנָה Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 29:12; Job 31:17; Psalm 68:6; Isaiah 1:17, 23; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 49:11; Ezekiel 22:7; without אלמנה Hosea 14:4; Job 6:27; Job 31:21; Psalm 10:14; Psalm 10:18; Proverbs 23:10; Jeremiah 5:28 (in no case clear that both parents are dead).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:21; 22:21; 22:23; 22:23

Deuteronomy

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

Job

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

Psalms

10:14; 10:18; 68:6; 94:6; 109:9; 109:12; 109:12; 146:9

Proverbs

23:10

Isaiah

1:17; 1:23; 9:16; 9:16; 10:2

Jeremiah

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

Lamentations

5:3

Ezekiel

22:7

Hosea

14:4

Zechariah

7:10

Malachi

3:5

H3490

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3490 matches the Hebrew יָתוֹם (yāṯôm),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - and the Levite -- for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee -- and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thy produce in the third year, the year of tithing, thou shalt give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat in thy gates, and be filled;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - and thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of the house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed nor forgotten any of thy commandments:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and on their widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Thou art our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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