Barren Infertile

† עָקָר adj. barren;—ע׳ of male Dt 7:14, עֲקָרָה of female v 14 (mankind and beasts), Ex 23:26 (E; female); elsewhere of women Gn 11:30; 25:21; 29:31 (all J), Ju 13:2, 3; 1 S 2:5; Jb 24:21 ψ 113:9 (עֲקֶרֶת cstr.); of personif. Zion Is 54:1.

στεῖρα, ἡ, a cow or other animal __B that has not brought forth young, στεῖραν βοῦν.. ῥέξειν Refs 8th c.BC+ __B.II of women, barren, LXX+NT; Μοῖρα σ. Refs 1st c.BC+; of women past childbearing, Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.II.2 not having had offspring, virgin, Refs 3rd c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit star[imacracute]s 'barren cow, heifer', Latin sterilis.)

† גַּלְמוּד adj. hard, barren (NH id. lonely NHWB; Arabic جَلْمَدٌ rock, جَلْمَدَةٌ stony (of land); Aramaic גַּלְמוּדָה cf. BaNB 208)—ג׳ Jb 3:7 + 2 times Jb; f. גַּלְמוּדָה Is 49:21;—hard, barren, unproductive, mostly fig.: Jb 15:34 of company of wicked men, where prob. a subst. v. De Di; Jb 30:3 through want and famine (they are) stiff (lifeless; RV gaunt); of exiled Zion as bereaved and barren woman Is 49:21; so of night of Job’s birth Jb 3:7.

ἄτεκν-ος, ον, without children, childless, barren, Refs 8th c.BC+; of animals and fishes, Refs 5th c.BC+adverb -νωςRefs 5th c.BC+ __II in causal sense, λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄ.Refs 5th c.BC+