Encyclopedia entry
Barren
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).
In the Bible
39
Verses where Barren is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 2:5
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
- 2 Kings 2:19
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
- 2 Kings 2:21
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness. ’”
- 2 Peter 1:8
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Deuteronomy 7:14
You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
- Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
+33 more verses naming Barren.
Scripture on Barren
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- Jeremiah 3Genesis 16Genesis 25Genesis 29Exodus 23Numbers 23Deuteronomy 7Deuteronomy 321 Samuel 11 Samuel 2Job 3Job 15Job 24Job 38Job 39Psalms 113Proverbs 30Song of Solomon 4Song of Solomon 6Isaiah 13Isaiah 41Isaiah 47Isaiah 54Jeremiah 4Jeremiah 7Jeremiah 12Jeremiah 14Joel 2Luke 23Galatians 4Hebrews 112 Peter 1
Barren references
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Voices on Barren
3
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.



