Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H491
אַלְמָנוּת
al.ma.nut · “widowhood”
Used 4 times across 3 books
Definition
widowhood
Where it appears
Genesis2
2 Samuel1
Isaiah1
In the text
Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.Genesis 38:19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.2 Samuel 20:3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.Isaiah 54:4Fear 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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