H490Noun, feminine56 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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- Deuteronomy 10:18וְאַלְמָנָה
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- 1 Kings 7:14אַלְמָנָה
He 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.
- Job 22:9אַלְמָנוֹת
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Psalm 68:5אַלְמָנוֹת
A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
- Isaiah 1:23אַלְמָנָה
Your 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.
- Ezekiel 19:7אַלְמְנוֹתָיו
He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.