Words the Bible translates as barren
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- steiraστεῖραbarrennot studied yet
- argosἀργόςnot working: either having no work to do, or avoiding the work that is yours
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- producing nothing: doing no good and yielding no result
- aqarעָקָרbarren: unable to bring forth young, so that no child is ever born
- akarposἄκαρποςunfruitful: yielding none of the fruit that was due, whether on a tree or in a person's life, and so producing nothing of benefit
- shakkulשַׁכּוּלbereaved of her young: left without children or offspring that were born and then taken away
- galmudגַּלְמוּדbarren: hard and bare, and so yielding nothing at all
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Every English meaning beginning with B is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.