The meaning of “עָקָר”
Understanding ʻâqâr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
([idiom] male or female) barren (woman). - sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs) 1) barren, sterile
עָקָר
([idiom] male or female) barren (woman). - sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs) 1) barren, sterile
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.” Word: עָקָר (ʻâqâr) | |
| Exodus 23:26 | “There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.” Word: עָקָר (ʻâqâr) | |
| Deuteronomy 7:14 | “Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.” Word: עָקָר (ʻâqâr) | |
| 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.” Word: עָקָר (ʻâqâr) | |
| 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.” Word: עָקָר (ʻâqâr) |
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