Definition

a widow; also a desolate place

Etymology

feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);

Word family

• אַלְמָן ʼalmân

How the KJV renders it

• desolate house (palace)
• widow

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.