Pregnant
הָרָהStrong’s H2030harah (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.”
Meaning
- Pregnant
- 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
- Genesis 38:24And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
- Genesis 38:25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- Exodus 21:22If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
- Judges 13:5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judges 13:7But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
- 1 Samuel 4:19And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
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.]
- Being with young, as a female; breeding; teeming.
- Fruitful; fertile; impregnating; as pregnant streams.
- Full of consequence; as a pregnant instance of infatuation.
- East to admit or receive.
All definitions
- Free; kind; ready; witty; apt. [Not proper.]
- 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.