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H6135עָקָרa.qar

barrenPart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 2
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 2
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 1
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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12 occurrences in 11 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 11:30

    And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

    עֲקָרָ֑ה 'a.ka.Rah “barren”

  2. Genesis 25:21

    And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

    עֲקָרָ֖ה 'a.ka.Rah “[was] barren”

  3. Genesis 29:31

    And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

    עֲקָרָֽה׃ 'a.ka.Rah “[was] barren”

  4. Exodus 23:26

    None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.

    וַעֲקָרָ֖ה (עֲקָרָ֖ה) 'a.ka.Rah “barren”

  5. Deuteronomy 7:14

    Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

    עָקָ֥ר 'a.Kar “a sterile [male]”וַֽעֲקָרָ֖ה (עֲקָרָ֖ה) 'a.ka.Rah “a barren [female]”

  6. Judges 13:2

    And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.

    עֲקָרָ֖ה 'a.ka.Rah “[was] barren”

  7. Judges 13:3

    And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her: 'Behold now, thou art barren, and hast not borne; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

    עֲקָרָה֙ 'a.ka.Rah “[are] barren”

  8. 1 Samuel 2:5

    They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased; while the barren hath borne seven, she that had many children hath languished.

    עֲקָרָה֙ 'a.ka.Rah “a barren [woman]”

  9. Job 24:21

    He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.

    עֲ֭קָרָה 'A.ka.rah “a barren [woman]”

  10. Psalms 113:9

    Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.

    עֲקֶ֬רֶת 'a.Ke.ret “[the] barren [woman] of”

  11. Isaiah 54:1

    Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear, break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

    עֲקָרָ֖ה 'a.ka.Rah “O barren [woman]”