הָרָהhârâh
conceive, become pregnant
Pronunciation: haw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2029
Meanings
Qal
1. conceive, become pregnant, literally (Genesis 16:4; Genesis 16:5; Genesis 19:36)
2. metaphorical (Isaiah 26:18; Isaiah 33:11; Psalms 7:15)
Pu`al: hath been conceived (Job 3:3)
Po.: conceive, contrive, devise (Isaiah 59:13; Genesis 49:26)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”
- Genesis 4:17 Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
- Genesis 16:4 So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.
- Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who’s wrong—you or me!”
- Genesis 19:36 As a result, both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their own father.
- Genesis 21:2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:1, 4:17, 16:4, 16:5, 19:36, 21:2, 25:21, 29:32, 29:33, 29:34, 29:35, 30:5, 30:7, 30:17, 30:19, 30:23, 38:3, 38:4, 38:18, 49:26
- Exodus 2:2
- Numbers 11:12
- Judges 13:3
- 1 Samuel 1:20, 2:21
- 2 Samuel 11:5
- 2 Kings 4:17
- 1 Chronicles 4:17, 7:23
- Job 3:3, 15:35
- Psalms 7:14
- Song of Solomon 3:4
- Isaiah 8:3, 26:18, 33:11, 59:4, 59:13
- Hosea 1:3, 1:6, 1:8, 2:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).