Definition

bereavement

Etymology

from H481 (אָלַם) as in H488 (אַלְמָן);

Word family

• אָלַם ʼâlam
• אַלְמָן ʼalmân

How the KJV renders it

• 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.