Barren

For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen 16:2; Gen 30:1ff; 1Sam 1:6, 1Sam 1:27; Isa 47:9; Isa 49:21; Lk 1:25). Instances of barrenness are noticed (Gen 11:30; Gen 25:21; Gen 29:31; Jdg 13:2f; Lk 1:7, Lk 1:36).

This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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