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Forsaken

אַלְמָןStrong’s H0488

alman (al-man)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Alman is the Hebrew word usually translated “forsaken”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 51:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. Widowed, forsaken, forsaken as a widow
How it's translated
  • forsaken 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    אַלְמָן alman · forsaken

    widowed, forsaken, forsaken as a widow

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “forsaken” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FORSA'KEN, participle passive

    Deserted; left; abandoned.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.