He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:21 · retained source text
He euill intreateth the barren, that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
KJV dictionary & concordance
barren
Meaning of “barren”
1. Unable to bear offspring. 2. Unproductive or unable to yield fruit or increase; desolate.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
23 occurrences23 verses15 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Genesis 11:30
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Every verse containing “barren”
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 39:6 · retained source text
Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and the barren lande his dwellings.
1611 marginal noteHebr. salt places.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 113:9 · retained source text
He maketh the barren woman to keepe house; to be a ioyfull mother of children: Praise yee the LORD.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to dwell in an house.
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 30:16 · retained source text
The graue; and the barren wombe; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:2 · retained source text
Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe that are euen shorne, which came vp from the washing: whereof euery one beare twinnes, and none is barren among them.
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.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:6 · retained source text
Thy teeth are as a flocke of sheepe which goe vp from the washing, wherof euery one beareth twinnes, and there is not one barren among them.
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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 54:1 · retained source text
¶ Sing O barren thou that didst not beare; breake forth into singing, and crie aloud thou that didst not trauell with child: for more are the children of the desolate then the children of the maried wife, saith the LORD.
1611 marginal noteGal.4.27.
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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:20 · retained source text
But I will remoue farre off from you the northren armie, & will driue him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the East sea, and his hinder part towards the vtmost Sea, and his stinke shall come vp, and his ill sauour shall come vp, because he hath done great things.
1611 marginal noteHeb. hee hath magnified to doe.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 1:7 · retained source text
And they had no childe, because that Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well striken in yeeres.
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.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 1:36 · retained source text
And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her old age, and this is the sixt moneth with her, who was called barren.
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Genesis3 occurrences
3 versesExodus1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy1 occurrence
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2 verses1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings2 occurrences
2 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseJoel1 occurrence
1 verseLuke3 occurrences
3 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter1 occurrence
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3 versesExodus1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verseJudges2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings2 occurrences
2 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseJoel1 occurrence
1 verseLuke3 occurrences
3 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter1 occurrence
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗Any unproductive tract of land.