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Lexicon :: Strong's H491 - 'almānûṯ

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אַלְמָנוּת
Transliteration
'almānûṯ
Pronunciation
al-maw-nooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 106

Strong’s Definitions

אַלְמָנוּת ʼalmânûwth, al-maw-nooth'; feminine of H488; concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood:—widow, widowhood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H491 in the following manner: widowhood (3x), widow (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H491 in the following manner: widowhood (3x), widow (1x).

  1. widowhood

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַלְמָנוּת ʼalmânûwth, al-maw-nooth'; feminine of H488; concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood:—widow, widowhood.
STRONGS H491: Abbreviations
† [אַלְמָנוּת] noun feminine widowhood (Mishna id., Phoenician אלמת) suffix בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ her widow's garments Genesis 38:14, 19; construct אַלְמְנוּת חַיּוּת 2 Samuel 20:3 (of David's imprisoned concubines; but text impossible; Greek Version of the LXX We אַלְמָנוֺת חַיּוֺת, compare Dr; Klo thinks gloss); figurative of Jerusalem Isaiah 54:4 אַלְמְנוּתַיִח.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:14; 38:19

2 Samuel

20:3

Isaiah

54:4

H491

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Strong's Number H491 matches the Hebrew אַלְמָנוּת ('almānûṯ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:19 - And she arose and went away; and she laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
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