Strong’s H491 · Hebrew

אַלְמָנוּת
ʼalmânûwth
al-maw-nooth'

Definition

concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood

Etymology

feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • widow
  • widowhood

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.