ʼalmânûwth — H491

Definition

feminine noun

concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood

1. widowhood

Usually translated as

widowhood, widow

Origin

feminine of H488

• ʼalmân (H488)

Occurrences

ʼalmânûwth occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 2 Samuel (1), Isaiah (1)

• Genesis 38:14 — And she put her widow’s (אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ) garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
• Genesis 38:19 — And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood (אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ).
• 2 Samuel 20:3 — And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood (אַלְמְנ֥וּת).
• Isaiah 54:4 — Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood (אַלְמְנוּתַ֖יִךְ) any more.