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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You shall not afflict any widow or orphan H3490.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless H3490.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He executes justice for the orphan H3490 and the widow, and shows love for the sojourner by giving him food and clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan H3490, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female slaves and the Levite who is within your gates and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall be glad in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female slaves and the Levite and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow who are within your gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 -

“You shall not pervert the justice [fn]due a sojourner or [fn]an orphan H3490, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 -

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan H3490, and for the widow, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - “When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan H3490, and for the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 -

“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan H3490, and for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 -

“When you have finished [fn]paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the [fn]orphan H3490, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “Then you shall say before Yahweh your God, ‘I have purged the sacred portion from my house, and I also have given it to the Levite and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not trespassed against or forgotten any of Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 -

‘Cursed is he who perverts the justice due a sojourner, [fn]orphan H3490, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 -

“You would even cast lots for the orphans H3490

And bargain over your friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 -

“You have sent widows away empty,

And the [fn]might of the orphans H3490 has been crushed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 -

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans H3490;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 -

[fn]Others snatch the orphan H3490 from the breast,

And against the afflicted they take a pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help,

And the orphan H3490 who had no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 -

Or have eaten my morsel alone,

And the orphan H3490 has not eaten from it

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 -

If I have waved my hand against the orphan H3490

Because I saw my help in the gate,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

Resh

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan H3490.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 -

To give justice to the orphan H3490 and the oppressed,

So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 -

A father of the fatherless H3490 and a judge [fn]for the widows,

Is God in His holy habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 -

Give justice to the poor and the orphan H3490;

Justify the afflicted and destitute.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 -

They slay the widow and the sojourner

And murder the orphans H3490.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 -

Let his sons be orphans H3490

And his wife a widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 -

Let there be none to [fn]extend lovingkindness to him,

And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans H3490.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 -

Yahweh keeps the sojourners;

He [fn]helps up the orphan H3490 and the widow,

But He bends the way of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 -

Do not move the ancient boundary

And do not come into the fields of the orphans H3490,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 -

Learn to do good;

Seek justice,

Reprove the ruthless,

Execute justice for the [fn]orphan H3490,

Plead for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 -

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves a bribe

And pursues rewards.

They do not execute justice for the [fn]orphan H3490,

Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 -

Therefore the Lord is not glad in their choice men,

Nor does He have compassion on their [fn]orphans H3490 or their widows;

For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,

And every mouth is speaking wicked foolishness.

In spite of all this, His anger does not turn back,

And His hand is still stretched out.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 -

So as to turn the poor away from their cause

And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,

So that widows may be their spoil

And that they may plunder the [fn]orphans H3490.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 -

‘They are fat, they are sleek;

They also [fn]excel in deeds of evil;

They do not plead the cause,

The cause of the [fn]orphan H3490, that they may succeed;

And they do not [fn]render justice for the poor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the sojourner, the [fn]orphan H3490, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan H3490, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 -

“Leave your [fn]orphans H3490 behind, I will keep them alive;

And let your widows trust in Me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 -

We have become orphans H3490 without a father;

Our mothers are like widows.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - “They have treated father and mother with contempt within you. The sojourner they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless H3490 and the widow they have mistreated in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 -

“Assyria will not save us;

We will not ride on horses,

Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’

To the work of our hands;

For in You the [fn]orphan H3490 finds compassion.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and do not oppress the widow or the [fn]orphan H3490, the sojourner or the afflicted; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 -

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the [fn]orphan H3490, and those who turn aside the sojourner and do not [fn]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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