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Hebrew

Widower

אַלְמֹןStrong’s H0489

almon (al-mon)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.”
Isaiah 47:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Widowhood
How it's translated
  • and widowhood 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    אַלְמֹן almon · widower

    widowhood

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    WIDOWER, noun

    A man who has lost his wife by death.

      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.