Word Study · Strong's H491 · Hebrew
אַלְמָנוּת
almanuth
al-maw-nooth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼalmânûwth
“concrete, a widow”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood
Rendered in the KJV as
widow, widowhood.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- אַלְמְנ֥וּת1
- אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ1
- אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃1
- אַלְמְנוּתַ֖יִךְ1
How it is rendered · 3
- widowhood her2
- widowhood of1
- widowhood your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcfsc · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 38:14אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּʾalmenutahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularshe removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.here: widowhood her
- Genesis 38:19אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃ʾalmenutahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.here: widowhood her