H6135 עָקָר (ʻâqâr) aw-kawr'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

barren

Strong's Definition

sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)

Derivation: from H6131 (עָקַר);

KJV Usage: ([idiom] male or female) barren (woman).

TWOT Reference: 1682a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) barren, sterile

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4723

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָקָר (a.qar) — barren. barren, sterile

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָקָר (H6135) SAHD

adj · עקר

Unable

sterile, barren = state in which humans or animals, whether male or female, are unable to procreate

GEN 11:30 · GEN 25:21 · GEN 29:31 · EXO 23:26 · DEU 7:14 · DEU 7:14 · JDG 13:2 · JDG 13:3 · 1SA 2:5 · JOB 24:21 · PSA 113:9 · ISA 54:1

Sarah Lind; J.E. Hartley

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָקָר adj. barren base

Bible Occurrences (11)

11:30 25:21 29:31

23:26

7:14

13:2 13:3

2:5

24:21

113:9

54:1

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Genesis 25:21

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she [was] barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 29:31

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel [was] barren.

Exodus 23:26

No {woman} in your land... will miscarry or be barren -; I will fulfill the number of your days.

Deuteronomy 7:14

You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.

Judges 13:2

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife [was] barren and had no children.

Judges 13:3

The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, It is true... that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more.... The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.