19 occurrences

'Barren' in the Bible

No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessMiscarrying AnimalsInfertility

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

Verse ConceptsBarrennessShoutingLack Of Rejoicing

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinGodlessnessTentsHypocrisy

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

Verse ConceptsAbhorKindnessAttitudes To BarrennessNot Helping Widows

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessSin Brings ImpoverishmentSournessfruitfulness

Then you will think to yourself, 'Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?'"

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesAttitudes To BarrennessBereavementwandering

"Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessdisabilitiesMothers, As A SymbolSingingSinglenessBarren, LandChildlessnessAttitudes To BarrennessMusic To Celebratecredibility

But Babylonia will be put to great shame. The land where you were born will be disgraced. Indeed, Babylonia will become the least important of all nations. It will become a dry and barren desert.

Verse ConceptsBabylonWildernessDry PlacesShame Will ComeDeserts Used Figuratively

The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

The Lord will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert.

Verse ConceptsNorthGod's HandDry PlacesGod's Hands Stretched Out

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfChildren, responsibilities to parentsChildlessnessInfertilityHaving A Babyluck

"And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age -- although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!'

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersChildlessnessJudgement To ComeWombAttitudes To BarrennessBarren WomenInfertilityKidsMotherhoodHaving A Babyluckbreasts

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband."

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessSinglenessBarren, LandLabour PainsPerspective

Bible Theasaurus

Barren (62 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Destitute (60 instances)
Stark (4 instances)
Unproductive (12 instances)
Wasteland (46 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלחה 
M@lechah 
Usage: 3

עצר 
`otser 
Usage: 3

עקר 
`aqar 
Usage: 12

ציּה 
Tsiyah 
Usage: 16

שׁכּל שׁכּוּל 
Shakkuwl 
Usage: 7

שׁכל 
Shakol 
Usage: 23

ἀργός 
Argos 
Usage: 4

στείρος 
Steiros 
Usage: 3

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