עֲרִירִיʻărîyrîy
stripped, specifically childless (Genesis 15:2; Jeremiah 22:30; Leviticus 20:20; Leviticus 20:21)
Pronunciation: ar-e-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6185
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:2 But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
- Leviticus 20:20 “If a man has sex with his uncle’s wife, he has violated his uncle. Both the man and woman will be punished for their sin, and they will die childless.
- Leviticus 20:21 “If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless.
- Jeremiah 22:30 This is what the Lord says: ‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless. He is a failure, for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David to rule over Judah.’
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).