στείρος steíros

Greek · Strong's G4723 · used 5 times in 5 verses

Meaning

"sterile"

In the King James Version: barren

Derivation: a contraction from G4731 (στερεός) (as stiff and unnatural);

Luke 1:7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
Luke 1:36 Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
Luke 23:29 Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
Galatians 4:27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.