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widowhood

Meaning of “widowhood”

The state or period of being a widow.

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4 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 38:19

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Every verse containing “widowhood”

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Genesis 38:19
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 38:19 · retained source text

And shee arose and went away, and laid by her vaile from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

2 Samuel 20:3
¶ And 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 ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:3 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid came to his house at Ierusalem, and the king tooke the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in vnto them: so they were shut vp vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhood.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a house of ward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bound.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in widowhood of life.

1611 marginal noteChap. 16.22.

Isaiah 47:9
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:9 · retained source text

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day; the losse of children, and widowhood; they shall come vpon thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine inchantments.

1611 marginal noteChap. 51.19.

Isaiah 54:4
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 54:4 · retained source text

Feare not: for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

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