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Lexicon :: Strong's H491 - 'almānûṯ

Aa
אַלְמָנוּת
Transliteration
'almānûṯ
Pronunciation
al-maw-nooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxGen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - So she [fn]removed H5493 her widow’s H491 garments H899 and covered H3680 herself with a [fn]veil, H6809 and wrapped H5968 herself, and sat H3427 in the gateway H6607 of [fn]Enaim, H5879 which H834 is on the road H1870 to Timnah; H8553 for she saw H7200 that Shelah H7956 had grown H1431 up, and she had not been given H5414 to him as a wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:19 - Then she arose H6965 and departed, H1980 and [fn]removed H5493 her [fn]veil H6809 and put H3847 on her widow’s H491 garments. H899

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 at Jerusalem, H3389 and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women, H802 the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house, H1004 and placed H5414 them under guard H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with sustenance, H3557 but did not go H935 in to them. So they were shut H6887 up until H5704 the day H3117 of their death, H4191 living H2424 as widows. H491

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - “Fear H3372 not, for you will not be put H954 to shame; H954
And do not feel H3637 humiliated, H3637 for you will not be disgraced; H2659
But you will forget H7911 the shame H1322 of your youth, H5934
And the reproach H2781 of your widowhood H491 you will remember H2142 no H3808 more. H5750
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