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יָתוֹם H3490
H3490 is the Hebrew word יָתוֹם, transliterated yâthôwm and said yaw-thome'. The King James Version most often renders it fatherless.
What it means
a bereaved person.
Where it comes from
from an unused root meaning to be lonely.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: fatherless (child), orphan.
Verses using יָתוֹם
All 35 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 10:18 · KJV
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 14:29 · KJV
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy 16:11 · KJV
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 16:14 · KJV
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Deuteronomy 24:17 · KJV
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:19 · KJV
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Deuteronomy 24:20 · KJV
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 24:21 · KJV
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 26:12 · KJV
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Deuteronomy 26:13 · KJV
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
Deuteronomy 27:19 · KJV
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 6:27 · KJV
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Job 22:9 · KJV
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 24:3 · KJV
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:9 · KJV
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 29:12 · KJV
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 31:17 · KJV
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job 31:21 · KJV
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Psalm 10:18 · KJV
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalm 68:5 · KJV
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalm 82:3 · KJV
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalm 109:9 · KJV
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Psalm 146:9 · KJV
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Isaiah 1:17 · KJV
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:23 · KJV
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah 9:17 · KJV
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Jeremiah 5:28 · KJV
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 7:6 · KJV
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah 22:3 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah 49:11 · KJV
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Lamentations 5:3 · KJV
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Ezekiel 22:7 · KJV
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Hosea 14:3 · KJV
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Zechariah 7:10 · KJV
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Malachi 3:5 · KJV
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3490 mean?
H3490 is the Hebrew word יָתוֹם (yâthôwm), meaning a bereaved person.
How is H3490 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it fatherless (28 times), nor of the fatherless (1 time), myself alone and the fatherless (1 time), against the fatherless (1 time), cause of the fatherless (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3490 appear in the Bible?
יָתוֹם (yâthôwm) is tagged in 35 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3490 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to be lonely.
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