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HebrewH8283Proper Noun (Feminine)

שָׂרָה

sa.rah

32Occurrences
H8283Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sarah, Abraham's wife

the same as H8282 (שָׂרָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Terah (H8646); sister of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Haran (H2039); married to Abraham (H0085); mother of: Isaac (H3327); also called Sarai at ; § Sarah = "noblewoman" wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

שָׂרָה appears 32 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
31
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Genesis 17:15BSB

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

Genesis 18:10BSB

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Genesis 20:2BSB

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 21:3BSB

And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

Genesis 23:2BSB

She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.