יָתוֹםyâthôwm
orphan, i.e.
Pronunciation: yaw-thome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3490
Meanings
fatherless (|| אַלְמָנָה), (in no case clear that both parents are dead) (Exodus 22:21; Exodus 22:23; Jeremiah 49:11; Isaiah 9:16; Psalms 109:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 42 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 22:22 “You must not exploit a widow or an orphan.
- Exodus 22:24 My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
- Deuteronomy 10:18 He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work.
- Deuteronomy 16:11 This is a time to celebrate before the Lord your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.
- Deuteronomy 16:14 This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.
See every passage
- Exodus 22:22, 22:24
- Deuteronomy 10:18, 14:29, 16:11, 16:14, 24:17, 24:19, 24:20, 24:21, 26:12, 26:13, 27:19
- Job 6:27, 22:9, 24:3, 24:9, 29:12, 31:17, 31:21
- Psalms 10:14, 10:18, 68:5, 82:3, 94:6, 109:9, 109:12, 146:9
- Proverbs 23:10
- Isaiah 1:17, 1:23, 9:17, 10:2
- Jeremiah 5:28, 7:6, 22:3, 49:11
- Lamentations 5:3
- Ezekiel 22:7
- Hosea 14:3
- Zechariah 7:10
- Malachi 3:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).