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עָקָר

akar · barren

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6135 · appears 12 times in the Bible

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What it means

akar (עָקָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “barren”.

Unable to have children.

How to say it

a·kar

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Unable to have children.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • barren ×8
  • barren woman ×4

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 11:30

    Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Genesis 25:21

    Isaac pleaded with YHWH on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and YHWH granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  • Genesis 29:31

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

  • Exodus 23:26

    None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; the number of your days I will fulfill.

  • Deuteronomy 7:14

    Blessed you shall be above all the peoples; there shall not be among you a barren man or a barren woman, nor among your livestock.

  • Judges 13:2

    There was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had not borne children.

  • Judges 13:3

    And the angel of YHWH appeared to the woman and said to her, “Look now, you are barren and have not borne children; but you will conceive and bear a son.

  • 1 Samuel 2:5

    Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger; even the barren woman has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes.

  • Job 24:21

    He preys on the barren woman who does not give birth, and does no good to the widow.

  • Psalms 113:9

    He settles the barren woman in a home, a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah.

  • Isaiah 54:1

    “Shout for joy, barren one, who did not give birth; break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who did not have birth pains; for more are the children of the desolate one than the children of the married one,” says YHWH.

And 1 more times.