As a term meaning “childless,” the word ערירי (ariri) is first found where God promises to reward Abram generously and Abram asks what the point of any reward is with no one to bequeath it to:  מה־תתן־לי ואנכי הולך ערירי (“what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless” — King James). It’s not the sort of response you’d expect to hear from a childless man today, for example from some elderly bachelor offered a prize on a quiz show.