הָרָה
hârâh · haw-raw'
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and she conceived10 · 23%
- conceived10 · 23%
- that she had conceived2 · 5%
- and she conceived again2 · 5%
- she conceived2 · 5%
- they conceive2 · 5%
- with child1 · 2%
- unto her, and she conceived1 · 2%
- of my progenitors1 · 2%
- have i conceived1 · 2%
- not: but thou shalt conceive1 · 2%
- had conceived1 · 2%
- so that she conceived1 · 2%
- and she bare1 · 2%
- and hath conceived1 · 2%
- of her that conceived1 · 2%
- we have been with child1 · 2%
- ye shall conceive1 · 2%
- conceiving1 · 2%
- which conceived1 · 2%
- she that conceived1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.