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Pregnant

הָרָהStrong’s H2030

harah (ha-rah)

Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Harah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pregnant”, “pregnant of” and “pregnant their”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.”
Genesis 16:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Pregnant
  2. Pregnant
How it's translated
  • pregnant 10
  • pregnant of 2
  • and pregnant their 1
  • pregnant its 1
  • a pregnant 1
  • and pregnant its 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 3
  • Judges 2
  • 2 Kings 2
  • Isaiah 2
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Exodus 1

10 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 16 verses, by book
Exodus 1
21:22
Judges 2
13:513:7
1 Samuel 1
4:19
2 Samuel 1
11:5
2 Kings 2
8:1215:16
Isaiah 2
7:1426:17
Jeremiah 2
20:1731:8
Hosea 1
13:16
Amos 1
1:13
Hebrew dictionary

הָרָה harah · pregnant

pregnant Also means: ha.riy.yah (הָרִיָּה "pregnant" H2030B)

הָרִיָּה hariyyah · pregnant

pregnant Another spelling of ha.rah (הָרָה "pregnant" H2030A)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “pregnant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PREG'NANT, adjective

[Latin proegnans; supposed to be compounded of proe, before, and geno; Gr. to beget.]

  1. Being with young, as a female; breeding; teeming.
  2. Fruitful; fertile; impregnating; as pregnant streams.
  3. Full of consequence; as a pregnant instance of infatuation.
  4. East to admit or receive.
All definitions
  1. Free; kind; ready; witty; apt. [Not proper.]
  2. Plain; clear; evident; full. [Not in use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.