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Lexicon :: Strong's H3490 - yāṯôm

Aa
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 11 times in 11 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all your work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - This is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don’t go over the boughs twice. Leave the remaining olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don’t glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then you must declare in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - ‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
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