אַלְמָנָה almanah
Hebrew word for “widow” · Strong’s H490 · used 56 times in 54 verses
Meaning
widow
How it is translated
Glosses given for almanah in context, with how often each is used:
- widow 40
- widows 13
- palaces 1
- like a widow 1
- like widows 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 11 | 0.8 | |
| Job | 6 | 0.7 | |
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 6 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Kings | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 4 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 24 (4), 1 Kings 17 (3), Exodus 22 (2), Deuteronomy 16 (2), Deuteronomy 26 (2), Job 24 (2), Isaiah 1 (2), Ezekiel 22 (2), Genesis 38 (1), Leviticus 21 (1)
Forms
- אלמנה 22
- ואלמנה 9
- ולאלמנה 5
- אלמנות 4
- והאלמנה 4
- ואלמנתיו 2
- אלמנתיו 2
- האלמנה 1
- באלמנותיו 1
- ואלמנות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with almanah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָתוֹם yatom “orphan” 30
- גֵּר ger “sojourner” 18
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 10
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 7
- גָּרַשׁ garash “to drive out” 4
- נָטָה natah “to stretch” 5
- לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 5
- עָשַׁק ashaq “to oppress” 3
- אֵם em “mother” 4
- בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 3
- אָב av “father” 6
- צָרְפַת tsarephat “Zarephath” 2
Key verses
The verses using almanah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 16:11 — And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy…
- Deuteronomy 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Job 31:16 — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
- Isaiah 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
- Isaiah 9:17 — Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an…
- Jeremiah 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
- Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the…
- Lamentations 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces,…
- Ezekiel 22:7 — In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless…
- Ezekiel 22:25 — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and…
- Zechariah 7:10 — And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
- Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.