We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 5:3 · retained source text
We are orphanes and fatherlesse, our mothers are as widowes.
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orphans
Meaning of “orphans”
Children or persons bereaved of, abandoned by, or left without a father or parents and therefore lacking normal parental protection and provision.
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First occurrence: Lamentations 5:3
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