H6185 - עֲרִירִי (ʻărîyrîy)

H6185 עֲרִירִי (ʻărîyrîy) ar-e-ree'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

childless

Strong's Definition

bare, i.e. destitute (of children)

Derivation: from H6209 (עָרַר);

KJV Usage: childless.

TWOT Reference: 1705a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) stripped, childless, bare of children

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G815

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

stripped, childless, bare of children

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲרִירִי ‛ărý̂yrý̂y BDB Definition: 1) stripped, childless, bare of children Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6209 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1705a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

15:2

20:20 20:21

22:30

Genesis 15:2

But Abram replied, O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir... of my house... is Eliezer of Damascus?

Leviticus 20:20

If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Leviticus 20:21

If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

Jeremiah 22:30

This is what the LORD says: Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime.... None... of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.