Barrenness
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful
mother of children. Praise ye the LORD....
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bar'-en, bar'-en-nes tsiyah; melehah; shakhol; `aqar;
steiros; argos):
(1) Of land that bears no crop, either (a) because it is
naturally poor and sterile: tsiyah "dry" (Joel 2:20),
melechah, "salt" (Job 39:6 the King James Version), shakhol,
"miscarrying" (2 Ki 2:19,21), or (b) because it is, under
God's curse, turned into a melechah or...
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(Sterility of women)
-A reproach
Ge 30:22,23; 1Sa 1:6,7; 2:1-11; Isa 4:1; Lu 1:25
-Miraculously removed, instances of
Sarai
Ge 17:15-21
Rebecca
Ge 25:21
Manoah's wife
Jud 13
Hannah
1Sa 1:6-20
Elisabeth
Lu 1:5-25
-Sent as a judgment
Ge 20:17,18...
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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)....
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A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein....
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And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was]
barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his
wife conceived....
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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 desolate than the
children of the married wife, saith the LORD....
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For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not;
break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the
desolate hath many more children than she which hath an
husband....
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And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee,
the situation of this city [is] pleasant, as my lord seeth:
but the water [is] naught, and the ground barren....
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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....
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