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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - “You 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 wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - “You shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - “And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - “When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “then you shall say before the LORD your God: ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - ‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the 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 - Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you undermine your friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are 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,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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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 children 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 mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Do not remove the ancient landmark,
Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;[fn]
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your princes are rebellious,
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks folly.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor 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 have grown fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - “if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - Leave your fatherless children,
I will preserve them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - “In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated 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 on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands,
‘You are our gods.’
For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
Against perjurers,
Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
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