Almanut אַלְמָנוּת
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| אַלְמָנוּת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | almanut |
| Strong's number | H491 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | widowhood |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (2) |
Almanut (Hebrew אַלְמָנוּת, Strong's H491) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “widowhood”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
widowhood
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | widowhood (3), widow's (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | widow's (1), put on her widow's (1), widows (1), your widowhood (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Almanut, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s 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.she 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.
- Genesis 38:19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 20:3And 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.When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 54:4Fear 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 any more.Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).