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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 BoxExo 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - (LXX 22:21) Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - (LXX 22:23) And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which dwells among you, in whatsoever place the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be called there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - And when thou shalt have reaped corn in thy field, and shalt have forgotten a sheaf in thy field, thou shalt not return to take it; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - And if thou shouldest gather thine olives, thou shalt not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - And whensoever thou shalt gather the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean what thou hast left; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - And when thou shalt have completed all the tithings of thy fruits in the third year, thou shalt give the second tenth to the Levite, and stranger, and fatherless, and widow; and they shall eat it in thy cities, and be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - And thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have fully collected the holy things out of my house, and I have given them to the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, according to all the commands which thou didst command me: I did not transgress thy command, and I did not forget it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - But thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast afflicted orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They have led away the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - (LXX 9:35) Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - (LXX 9:39) to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - (LXX 67:6) who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - (LXX 81:3) Judge the orphan and poor: [fn]do justice to the low and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - (LXX 93:6) They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - (LXX 108:9) Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - (LXX 108:12) Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - (LXX 145:9) he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - (LXX 9:16) Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is yet exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - and they have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - (LXX 30:5) for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - (LXX 14:4) Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and [fn]afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
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