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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so 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 the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then say to the LORD your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.[fn] Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not 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 keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.
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