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Strong's H2029 הָרָה (harah)

Harah means “conceive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2029 — epopteuo (“behold”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2029
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 43
Books 13

Strong's H2029 Quick Answer

Strong's H2029 הָרָה (harah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. harah (haw-raw') v. 1. to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 43 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include she, conceive, conceived, was, and child. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
harah (haw-raw') v. 1. to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
she, conceive, conceived, was, and child

Meaning and Definition

harah (haw-raw') v. 1. to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.

Original Word
הָרָה
Transliteration
harah
Derivation
Root: הרה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2029. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to conceive

Usage: 1) to conceive, become pregnant, bear, be with child, be conceived, progenitor 1a)(Qal) to conceive, become pregnant 1b) (Pual) to be conceived 1c) (Poel) to conceive, contrive, devise

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How Strong's H2029 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render harah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

she Genesis 4:1 14× conceive Judges 13:3 conceived Genesis 21:2 child Numbers 11:12 was Exodus 2:2 been Isaiah 26:18 were 1 Chronicles 4:17

How Strong's H2029 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 43 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2029 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2029 in the Old Testament

43 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:1 KJV

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Genesis 4:17 KJV

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 16:4 KJV

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2029.

Genesis 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 19:36 Old Testament, KJV
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Genesis 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 25:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 29:33 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
Genesis 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 29:35 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Genesis 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 30:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:17 Old Testament, KJV
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Genesis 30:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Genesis 30:23 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Genesis 38:3 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
Genesis 38:4 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
Genesis 38:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Genesis 49:26 Old Testament, KJV
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Exodus 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Numbers 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Judges 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Judges 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
For, 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 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
But 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 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
2 Samuel 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
2 Kings 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
1 Chronicles 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
1 Chronicles 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Job 15:35 Old Testament, KJV
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Psalms 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Song of Solomon 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Isaiah 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
Isaiah 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isaiah 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
Isaiah 59:4 Old Testament, KJV
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 59:13 Old Testament, KJV
In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Hosea 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
Hosea 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
Hosea 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Hosea 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2029, grouped by book.

Genesis 20 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2029 FAQ

What does harah (הָרָה) mean?

Harah (Strong's H2029) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "conceive". harah (haw-raw') v. 1. to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]

How many times is harah (הָרָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's H2029 across 13 books.

Where can I study harah (הָרָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2029 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate harah (הָרָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as she, conceive, conceived, was, child, and were. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.