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Barrenness

Barrenness in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Barren Scripture - 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....

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Barrenness in Naves Topical Bible

(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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Barren Scripture - 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 is waxed feeble....

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Having Children

DESIRE OF JEWISH WOMEN FOR CHILDREN THERE WAS AMONG the Jewish wives a universal longing for, and joy in, the giving birth to children. That longing was well expressed in the words of Rachel to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die" (Genesis 30:1). the LORD had originally said to Adam and Eve, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28). And the p...

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