62 occurrences in 12 translations

'Barren' in the Bible

since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenWombReasons For BarrennessSealing ThingsInfertilitysarah

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessMiscarrying AnimalsInfertility

Thus the goat shall bear on it to {a barren region} all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert.

Verse ConceptsCarrying SinPreparing For Actionliberation

Examine the farmland, whether it's fertile or barren, and see if there are fruit-bearing trees in it or not. Be very courageous, and bring back some samples of the fruit of the land."

Verse ConceptsGrapesBraveryFertile LandLand Producing

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the Lord will meet with me. I will tell you whatever He reveals to me.” So he went to a barren hill.

Verse ConceptsHeightKnowing God, Nature OfSpeaking The Word God Gives

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessOffspringBoth Men And Animals SavedGod Will BlessInfertility

He found him in a desolate land,in a barren, howling wilderness;He surrounded him, cared for him,and protected him as the pupil of His eye.

Verse ConceptsFruitBarren, LandGod Keeping WatchApple Of The EyeGod SurroundingEyes Cared ForFinding PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wildernesswandering

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtChildren, responsibilities to parents

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.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordCommunicationBirths ForetoldInfertility

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.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

Verse ConceptsBad WaterFamily ProblemsBitterness

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

Verse ConceptsBad WaterOvercoming DeathRestoring ThingsGod Healing Our LandHealing And ComfortInfertilitypot

Yes, may that night be barren;may no joyful shout be heard in it.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessShoutingLack Of Rejoicing

For the company of the godless will have no children,and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinGodlessnessTentsHypocrisy

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Verse ConceptsAbhorKindnessAttitudes To BarrennessNot Helping Widows

“They are gaunt with want and famine;They gnaw the dry and barren ground by night in [the gloom of] waste and desolation.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes Of

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The Wilderness

A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessSin Brings ImpoverishmentSournessfruitfulness

The mouth of the righteous flows with [skillful and godly] wisdom,But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguageMouthsCursingSevering Body PartsThe TongueTogethernesscutting

Good understanding wins favor [from others],But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMiseryPathways Of SinEvil WaysFavorSuccess And Hard Work

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Verse ConceptsTwinsTeethClean AnimalsMiscarrying Animals

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Verse ConceptsTwinsTeethClean AnimalsMiscarrying Animals

Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.Call out to them.Wave your hand, and they will gothrough the gates of the nobles.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseBeaconsFlags

For the palace will be forsaken,the busy city abandoned.The hill and the watchtower will becomebarren places forever,the joy of wild donkeys,and a pasture for flocks,

Verse ConceptsChaosTowersEmpty CitiesWild DonkeysDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

I will open rivers on the barren heights,and springs in the middle of the plains.I will turn the desert into a pool of waterand dry land into springs of water.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

saying to the prisoners: Come out,and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.They will feed along the pathways,and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

Verse ConceptsComing Out Of DarknessGod Freeing Captives

Then you will say within yourself,‘Who fathered these for me?I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,exiled and wandering—but who brought them up?See, I was left by myself—but these, where did they come from?’”

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesAttitudes To BarrennessBereavementwandering

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessdisabilitiesMothers, As A SymbolSingingSinglenessBarren, LandChildlessnessAttitudes To BarrennessMusic To Celebratecredibility

Look to the barren heights and see.Where have you not been immoral?You sat waiting for them beside the highwayslike a nomad in the desert.You have defiled the landwith your prostitution and wickedness.

Verse ConceptsNomadsUsing RoadsPolluting The LandSpiritual HarlotrySex Between NationsThings On High

A sound is heard on the barren heights,the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,for they have perverted their way;they have forgotten the Lord their God.

Verse ConceptsForgettingWeepingConviction Of Sinimpulsiveness

“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;

Verse ConceptseastWeather, As God's JudgmentWinnowingHot WeatherClean ObjectsDirection

Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsHairsLamentingMourningRejection Of God, Results OfSongsBarbersAnger Of God, ConsequencesCutting HairAccompaniments Of Mourning

Over all the barren heights in the wildernessthe destroyers have come,for the Lord has a sword that devoursfrom one end of the earth to the other.No one has peace.

Verse ConceptsSafetyThose Who DestroyNo Peace

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heightspanting for air like jackals.Their eyes failbecause there are no green plants.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathWild Donkeys

But Babylonia will be put to great shame. The land where you were born will be disgraced. Indeed, Babylonia will become the least important of all nations. It will become a dry and barren desert.

Verse ConceptsBabylonWildernessDry PlacesShame Will ComeDeserts Used Figuratively

“Behold, I am against you,O destroying mountain [conqueror of nations],Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord,“I will stretch out My hand against you,And roll you down from the [rugged] cliffs,And will make you a burnt mountain (extinct volcano).

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

"A fire blazes in their presence, and behind them a conflagration rages. Before they come, the land is like the garden in Eden; after they leave, there is only a barren wasteland. Indeed, nothing escapes them.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheEdenAnticipationFire Of JudgementNo Escape

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessBarren, LandSmellsMediterranean SeaDead SeaReturn From The NorthDry PlacesFront And Back

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];When the mountains will drip sweet wineAnd all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].

Verse ConceptsFutureAlcoholGrapesHillsPloughingAbundance, MaterialCultivationIncreasing FruitOvertakingPlenty Of WinePloughmenReapersTreading GrapesBlessings From The Mountains

The Lord will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert.

Verse ConceptsNorthGod's HandDry PlacesGod's Hands Stretched Out

I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Verse ConceptsVinesLand ProducingFinancesrebukingbugs

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is an isolated place and the hour is already late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Verse ConceptsEveningVillagesCrowds AvoidedIsolated PersonsChrist Driving Out PeopleBuying FoodThe Disciples ReactionsEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

Now the day was ending, and the twelve [disciples] came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging, and get provisions; because here we are in an isolated place.”

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersChildlessnessJudgement To ComeWombAttitudes To BarrennessBarren WomenInfertilityKidsMotherhoodHaving A Babyluckbreasts

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is barren.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of ThoughtThe TongueThe Mind

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessSinglenessBarren, LandLabour PainsPerspective

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.

Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfBarren WomendisabilitiesOffspringWeakness, SpiritualExploits Of FaithGod's Promise To AbrahamThe Promise Of A BabyPromises respectingHer Strengthfaith and strengthGod's FaithfulnessStrength And FaithWomen's Strengthsarahchildbearing

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsThe Source Of FruitKnowing Christ PersonallyUseful PeopleGrowingpetermeasurement

These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

Bible Theasaurus

Barren (62 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Destitute (60 instances)
Stark (4 instances)
Unproductive (12 instances)
Wasteland (46 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלחה 
M@lechah 
Usage: 3

עצר 
`otser 
Usage: 3

עקר 
`aqar 
Usage: 12

ציּה 
Tsiyah 
Usage: 16

שׁכּל שׁכּוּל 
Shakkuwl 
Usage: 7

שׁכל 
Shakol 
Usage: 23

ἀργός 
Argos 
Usage: 4

στείρος 
Steiros 
Usage: 3

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