For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen. 16:2; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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G4723
στεῖρα · steira
Glosses: barren
στεῖρος, -ον also -α, -ον, [in LXX for עָקָר ; ] barren: of a woman, Luk. 1:7, 36 23:29, Gal.
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G6122
ἄγονος · agonos
Glosses: barren
1. passive unborn , (Iliad by Homer): not yet born , (Euripides) 2. active not producing, unfruitful, barren ;
Indexed occurrences: 0
Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Barren
For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen. 16:2; 30:1-23; 1 Sam. 1:6, 27; Isa. 47:9; 49:21; Luke 1:25). Instances of barrenness are noticed (Gen. 11:30; 25:21; 29:31; Judg. 13:2, 3; Luke 1:7, 36).