Word Study · Strong's H490 · Hebrew
אַלְמָנָה
almanah
al-maw-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼalmânâh
“a widow”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a widow; also a desolate place
Rendered in the KJV as
desolate house (palace), widow.
- 56occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 35inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 56 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 35
- אַלְמָנָ֣ה4
- אַלְמָנָ֖ה4
- אַלְמָנָֽה׃4
- אַלְמָנָ֔ה3
- וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה3
- אַלְמָנָ֥ה2
- אַלְמָנָ֨ה2
- אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙2
- וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה2
- וְאַלְמָנָה֙2
- וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו2
- וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙2
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 19
- a widow19
- and to the widow5
- and a widow4
- and the widow4
- widows4
- widows its4
- [the] widow2
- and [the] widow2
- and widow2
- [are] like widows1
- and widow[s]1
- and widows1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- noun · feminine singular22
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular9
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4
- noun · feminine plural4
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 22
- HC/Ncfsa · 9
- HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 5
- HC/Td/Ncfsa · 4
- HNcfpa · 4
- HNcfpc/Sp3ms · 3
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncfpa · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 1
All 56, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 22:22אַלְמָנָ֥הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularYou must not mistreat any widow or orphan.here: widow
- Exodus 22:24אַלְמָנ֔וֹתʾalmanotnoun · feminine pluralMy anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.here: widows
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 21:14אַלְמָנָ֤הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularHe is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,here: a widow
- Leviticus 22:13אַלְמָנָ֣הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularBut if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.here: a widow
Numbers1 occurrence
Deuteronomy11 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 10:18וְאַלְמָנָ֑הvealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularHe executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.here: and a widow
- Deuteronomy 14:29וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙vehaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.here: and the widow
- Deuteronomy 16:11וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הvehaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.here: and the widow
- Deuteronomy 16:14וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הvehaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.here: and the widow
- Deuteronomy 24:17אַלְמָנָֽה׃ʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularDo not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.here: a widow
- Deuteronomy 24:19וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הvelaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularIf you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.here: and to the widow
- Deuteronomy 24:20וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הvelaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularWhen you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.here: and to the widow
- Deuteronomy 24:21וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הvelaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularWhen you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.here: and to the widow
- Deuteronomy 26:12וְלָֽאַלְמָנָ֔הvelaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularWhen you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.here: and to the widow
- Deuteronomy 26:13וְלָאַלְמָנָ֔הvelaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThen you shall declare in the presence of 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 the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.here: and to the widow
- Deuteronomy 27:19וְאַלְמָנָ֑הvealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: and a widow
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:14אַלְמָנָ֨הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularHe was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.here: a widow
- 1 Kings 11:26אַלְמָנָ֔הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularNow Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,here: a widow
- 1 Kings 17:9אַלְמָנָ֖הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singular“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”here: a widow
- 1 Kings 17:10אַלְמָנָ֖הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularSo Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”here: a widow
- 1 Kings 17:20הָאַלְמָנָ֞הhaalmanahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”here: the widow
Job6 occurrences
- Job 22:9אַ֭לְמָנוֹתʾalmanotnoun · feminine pluralYou sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.here: widows
- Job 24:3אַלְמָנָֽה׃ʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularThey drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.here: a widow
- Job 24:21וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗הvealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularThey prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.here: and a widow
- Job 27:15וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יוvealmenotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHis survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.here: and widows his
- Job 29:13אַלְמָנָ֣הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularThe dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.here: a widow
- Job 31:16אַלְמָנָ֣הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularIf I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,here: a widow
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 68:5אַלְמָנ֑וֹתʾalmanotnoun · feminine pluralA father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.here: widows
- Psalms 78:64וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יוvealmenotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHis priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.here: and widows its
- Psalms 94:6אַ֭לְמָנָהʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularThey kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.here: [the] widow
- Psalms 109:9אַלְמָנָֽה׃ʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularMay his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.here: a widow
- Psalms 146:9וְאַלְמָנָ֣הvealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularThe LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.here: and widow[s]
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah6 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:17אַלְמָנָֽה׃ סʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularLearn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”here: [the] widow
- Isaiah 1:23אַלְמָנָ֖הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularYour rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.here: a widow
- Isaiah 9:17אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙ʾalmenotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.here: widows its
- Isaiah 10:2אַלְמָנוֹת֙ʾalmanotnoun · feminine pluralto deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.here: widows
- Isaiah 13:22בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יוbealmnotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.here: in palaces its
- Isaiah 47:8אַלְמָנָ֔הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularSo now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’here: a widow
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 7:6וְאַלְמָנָה֙vealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularif you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,here: and [the] widow
- Jeremiah 15:8אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙ʾalmenotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularI will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.here: widows its
- Jeremiah 18:21וְאַלְמָנ֔וֹתvealmanotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluralTherefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.here: and widows
- Jeremiah 22:3וְאַלְמָנָ֤הvealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularThis is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.here: and widow
- Jeremiah 49:11וְאַלְמְנֹתֶ֖יךָvealmenoteikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAbandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”here: and widows your
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:1כְּאַלְמָנָ֑הkealmanahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHow lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.here: like a widow
- Lamentations 5:3כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃kealmanotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralWe have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.here: [are] like widows
Ezekiel6 occurrences
- Ezekiel 19:7אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יוʾalmenotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.here: widows its
- Ezekiel 22:7וְאַלְמָנָ֖הvealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularFather and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.here: and widow
- Ezekiel 22:25אַלְמְנוֹתֶ֖יהָʾalmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThe conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.here: widows its
- Ezekiel 44:22וְאַלְמָנָה֙vealmanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularAnd they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.here: and a widow
- Ezekiel 44:22וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙vehaalmanahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.here: and the widow
- Ezekiel 44:22אַלְמָנָ֔הʾalmanahnoun · feminine singularAnd they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.here: a widow