a.ri.ri describes being without children, whether as Abram's condition or as an announced outcome for others.

The term describes a condition of having no children: Abram speaks of himself this way in Genesis 15:2, while the other occurrences state such an outcome for a man or for a couple.

1. Without children as a condition or outcome · dominant

   In Genesis 15:2, the masculine singular form occurs in Abram's statement about his own situation; the APB renders the clause “I am going childless.” In Jeremiah 22:30 the same singular form is used in an instruction concerning a man, and the verse continues by saying that none of his seed will prosper. In Leviticus 20:20 and Leviticus 20:21, the masculine plural form is used of the people addressed by the stated outcomes; the APB renders them “they shall die childless” and “they shall remain childless.”

   Genesis 15:2Jeremiah 22:30Leviticus 20:20Leviticus 20:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “childless” in all four verses, with “going,” “Write this man,” “die,” and “remain” expressing the surrounding clause. These verbal differences reflect the verses' wider statements rather than separate renderings of the term.