Widowhood
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.

2. (n.) Estate settled on a widow.

Strong's Hebrew
491. almanuth -- widowhood
... 490, 491. almanuth. 492 . widowhood. Transliteration: almanuth Phonetic Spelling:
(al-maw-nooth') Short Definition: widow's. Word Origin fem. ... widow, widowhood ...
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489. almon -- widow- hood
... 488, 489. almon. 490 . widow- hood. Transliteration: almon Phonetic
Spelling: (al-mone') Short Definition: widowhood. ... widowhood. ...
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Library

On the Good of Widowhood.
On the Good of Widowhood. . On the Good of Widowhood. St. Augustine. Rev. CL
Cornish, MA Table of Contents. Title Page. On the Good of Widowhood. ...
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On the Good of Widowhood.
On the Good of Widowhood. . ... On the Good of Widowhood. [De Bono Viduitatis.]
Translated by Rev. CL Cornish, MA, of Exeter College, Oxford. ...
/.../augustine/on the good of widowhood /on the good of widowhood.htm

Examples of Heathens Urged as Commendatory of Widowhood and ...
... Book I. Chapter VI."Examples of Heathens Urged as Commendatory of Widowhood
and Celibacy. But if they who have (wives) are (thus ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter vi examples of heathens urged.htm

To an Objection that the State of Widowhood Might Indeed be ...
... Concerning Widows. Chapter IX. To an objection that the state of widowhood
might indeed be endurable if circumstances were? To ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ix to an objection.htm

On the Good of Widowhood.
On the Good of Widowhood. . ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on the good of widowhood /title page.htm

Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood.
... Chapter X."Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood. Renounce we
things carnal, that we may at length bear fruits spiritual. ...
/.../tertullian/on exhortation to chastity/chapter x application of the subject.htm

Though a Widow May have Received no Commandment, yet She Has ...
... lay any snare for her, seeing that the field of the Church grows richer as a result
of wedlock, but it is absolutely impossible to deny that widowhood, which St ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xiv though a widow.htm

Letter to a Young Widow.
... circumstances indeed the female sex is the more apt to be sensitive to suffering;
but when in addition there is youth, and untimely widowhood, and inexperience ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/letter to a young widow.htm

Further Objections from St. Paul Answered.
... 669] He is (here) directing (his speech) to such as he denotes above""very young
widows," who, after being, "apprehended" in widowhood, and (subsequently ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter xiii further objections from st.htm

Whether Three Fruits are Fittingly Assigned to the Three Parts of ...
... three aforesaid. Objection 3: Further, just as widowhood surpasses conjugal
continence, so does virginity surpass widowhood. But ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether three fruits are fittingly.htm

Thesaurus
Widowhood (5 Occurrences)
...Widowhood (5 Occurrences). ... Genesis 38:19 She arose, and went away, and put off
her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. ...
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Widow-hood (1 Occurrence)
Widow-hood. Widowhood, Widow-hood. Widows . Multi-Version Concordance
Widow-hood (1 Occurrence). ... (See JPS). Widowhood, Widow-hood. Widows . Reference
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Widowed (5 Occurrences)

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Garments (232 Occurrences)
... Genesis 38:14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself
with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is ...
/g/garments.htm - 37k

Veil (67 Occurrences)
... Genesis 38:14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself
with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is ...
/v/veil.htm - 35k

Lone (1 Occurrence)
... companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. 3. (a.) Single; unmarried,
or in widowhood. 4. (a.) Being apart from other things of ...
/l/lone.htm - 7k

Wrapped (40 Occurrences)
... Genesis 38:14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself
with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is ...
/w/wrapped.htm - 18k

Women-concubines (1 Occurrence)
... putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not
gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living. ...
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Forgettest (6 Occurrences)
... not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame
of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost ...
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Timnah (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 38:14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself
with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is ...
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Resources
What is biblical homemaking? | GotQuestions.org

Widowhood: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Widowhood (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 38:14
She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT)

Genesis 38:19
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Samuel 20:3
David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 47:9
but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 54:4
"Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood you shall remember no more.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Widowhood

Related Terms

Widow-hood (1 Occurrence)

Widowed (5 Occurrences)

Garments (232 Occurrences)

Veil (67 Occurrences)

Lone (1 Occurrence)

Wrapped (40 Occurrences)

Women-concubines (1 Occurrence)

Forgettest (6 Occurrences)

Timnah (12 Occurrences)

Turneth (249 Occurrences)

Riseth (165 Occurrences)

Enaim (2 Occurrences)

Enchantments (12 Occurrences)

Disguise (7 Occurrences)

Maintained (19 Occurrences)

Blush (16 Occurrences)

Childlessness (1 Occurrence)

Confinement (6 Occurrences)

Concubines (18 Occurrences)

Charms (10 Occurrences)

Anna (1 Occurrence)

Sustenance (11 Occurrences)

Sustaineth (4 Occurrences)

Sorceries (11 Occurrences)

Vail (44 Occurrences)

Putteth (182 Occurrences)

Custody (27 Occurrences)

Loss (90 Occurrences)

Grown (77 Occurrences)

Entrance (190 Occurrences)

Inhabited (64 Occurrences)

Ward (27 Occurrences)

Provided (68 Occurrences)

Confounded (64 Occurrences)

Fed (62 Occurrences)

Removed (294 Occurrences)

Disappointed (69 Occurrences)

Covered (325 Occurrences)

Joel (22 Occurrences)

Herself (121 Occurrences)

Shamed (91 Occurrences)

Palace (194 Occurrences)

Perfection (30 Occurrences)

Moment (71 Occurrences)

Shelah (18 Occurrences)

Aside (416 Occurrences)

Forget (77 Occurrences)

Exceeding (101 Occurrences)

Desolate (189 Occurrences)

Reproach (124 Occurrences)

Ashamed (131 Occurrences)

Gate (248 Occurrences)

Shut (237 Occurrences)

Guard (185 Occurrences)

Widowed
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