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Greek

815. ateknos -- childless
... ateknos. 816 . childless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ateknos Phonetic
Spelling: (at'-ek-nos) Short Definition: childless Definition: childless ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7909a. shakul -- childless
... childless. Transliteration: shakul Short Definition: children. Word Origin from
shakol Definition childless NASB Word Usage bereaved of my children (1). ...
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7909. shakkuwl -- childless
... shakkuwl. 7909a . childless. Transliteration: shakkuwl Phonetic Spelling:
(shak-kool') Short Definition: barren. barren, bereaved robbed of children whelps ...
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6185. ariri -- stripped
... 6184, 6185. ariri. 6186 . stripped. Transliteration: ariri Phonetic
Spelling: (ar-e-ree') Short Definition: childless. ... childless. ...
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7921. shakol -- to be bereaved
... of children (1), bereaved (2), bereaved me of my children (1), bereaved of my children
(1), bereaved your of children (1), cast (1), childless (1), depopulated ...
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7909b. shakul -- bereaved, robbed of offspring
... Word Origin from shakol Definition bereaved, robbed of offspring NASB Word Usage
childless (1), lost her young (2), robbed of her cubs (3). 7909a, 7909b. ...
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Library

Amendment of the Law in Force Respecting Childless Persons, and of ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXVI."Amendment of the Law in Force respecting Childless
Persons, and of the Law of Wills. So numerous, indeed ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxvi amendment of the law.htm

Constantine Enacts a Law in Favor of Celibates and of the Clergy.
... in this law, it was specified that those who were not the very nearest kinsmen could
gain nothing from a will; and also, that those who were childless were to ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter ix constantine enacts a law.htm

The Alleged Discrepancy in the Gospels in Regard to the Genealogy ...
... nature by the succession of legitimate offspring, and according to law whenever
another raised up a child to the name of a brother dying childless; [110] for ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter vii the alleged discrepancy in.htm

Chapter xv
... the rest of the chapter shows beyond the possibility of doubt that such a fear is
by no means under consideration, but the fear of remaining childless is what ...
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Chapter xliii
... other brother and Benjamin. But as for me, as I was childless, so have I
become childless again. Throughout this entire discussion ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xliii.htm

Herod the Tetrarch Makes War with Aretas, the King of Arabia, and ...
... tetrarch of Galilee; but her daughter Salome was married to Philip, the son of Herod,
and tetrarch of Trachonitis; and as he died childless, Aristobulus, the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 herod the tetrarch.htm

From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.
... Necessary it was that there should be a succession to the marriage of a brother
if he died childless: first, because that ancient benediction, "Grow and ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter vii from patriarchal tertullian comes.htm

Writing ii. For Whereas in Israel the Names of their Generations ...
... by the succession of legitimate offspring, and according to law whenever another
raised up children to the name of a brother dying childless; for because no ...
/.../africanus/the writings of julius africanus/writing ii for whereas in.htm

An Anonymous Sermon, Commonly Called Clement's Second Letter to ...
... 2 "Rejoice, you who are barren and childless; cry out and shout, you who were never
in labor; for the desolate woman has many more children than the one with ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/an anonymous sermon commonly called 2.htm

The Question as to the Resurrection. Ch. 20:27-40
... is no resurrection; 28 and they asked him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us,
that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/e the question as to.htm

Thesaurus

Childless (25 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Childless (25 Occurrences). ... The eldest of them married,
but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother. (WEY). ...
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Bereaver (1 Occurrence)
... children. The Hebrew word used here is shakhol, "to be childless," or in
the Piel "to make childless" (compare Genesis 42:36 et al.). ...
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Bereave (10 Occurrences)
... children. The Hebrew word used here is shakhol, "to be childless," or in
the Piel "to make childless" (compare Genesis 42:36 et al.). ...
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Bereft (9 Occurrences)
... children. The Hebrew word used here is shakhol, "to be childless," or in
the Piel "to make childless" (compare Genesis 42:36 et al.). ...
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Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)
... that Shealtiel had no children and adopted Zerubbabel; or that Zerubbabel was his
levirate son; or that, Shealtiel being childless, Zerubbabel succeeded to the ...
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Uncovered (78 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's
nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. ...
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Dishonored (17 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Leviticus 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered
his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. ...
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Michal (18 Occurrences)
... royal dignity (1 Chronicles 15:29). She remained childless, and thus the
races of David and Saul were not mixed. In 2 Samuel 21:8 ...
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Children
... If the wife proved childless, other wife or wives might be added to the family
(Genesis 16 f). Further, each Jewish mother, at least in later times, hoped that ...
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Child (355 Occurrences)
... If the wife proved childless, other wife or wives might be added to the family
(Genesis 16 f). Further, each Jewish mother, at least in later times, hoped that ...
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Bible Concordance

Childless (25 Occurrences)

Matthew 22:24 "Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'
(WEY)

Matthew 22:25 Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.
(WEY)

Mark 12:22 And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.
(WEY)

Luke 20:28 They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Luke 20:29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Luke 20:30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 7:5 But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground. And yet He promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity after him--and promised this at a time when Abraham was childless.
(WEY)

Genesis 15:2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 20:21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 7:14 You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; on both young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man.
(See NIV)

Judges 13:2 Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
(See NIV)

Judges 13:3 And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 15:33 Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!" Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 2:30 And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
(See RSV)

Job 24:21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
(See RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck of the sword in battle.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 22:30 Thus says Yahweh, Write you this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 50:9 For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 5:17 and I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 14:15 If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 36:14 For this reason you will no longer take the lives of men and will never again be the cause of loss of children to your nation, says the Lord.
(See NIV)

Hosea 9:12 For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, wo to them, when I turn aside from them.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Childless

Related Terms

Bereaver (1 Occurrence)

Bereave (10 Occurrences)

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Uncovered (78 Occurrences)

Dishonored (17 Occurrences)

Michal (18 Occurrences)

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