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עָקָר aqar
Hebrew word for “barren” · Strong’s H6135 · used 12 times in 11 verses
Meaning
barren, sterile
How it is translated
Glosses given for aqar in context, with how often each is used:
- barren 6
- barren woman 4
- sterile male 1
- barren female 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 13 (2), Genesis 11 (1), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 29 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), Job 24 (1), Psalms 113 (1), Isaiah 54 (1)
Forms
- עקרה 8
- ועקרה 2
- עקר 1
- עקרת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with aqar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָלַד yalad “to beget” 5
- הָרָה harah “to conceive” 2
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 3
- רַב rav “many” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 2
Key verses
The verses using aqar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 11:30 — But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
- Genesis 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Exodus 23:26 — There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
- Deuteronomy 7:14 — Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
- 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 bare not.
- Judges 13:3 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
- 1 Samuel 2:5 — They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children…
- Job 24:21 — He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
- Psalms 113:9 — He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
- Isaiah 54:1 — Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.