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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8297 - שָׂרַי
Transliteration
Sâray
Phonetics
saw-rah'ee
Origin
from (H8269)
Parts of Speech
proper feminine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Sarai = "princess"
- original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (17)
Genesis
17
BSB (17)
Genesis
17
CSB (17)
Genesis
17
ESV (17)
Genesis
17
KJV (17)
Genesis
17
LEB (17)
Genesis
17
LSB (17)
Genesis
17
N95 (17)
Genesis
17
NAS (17)
Genesis
17
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (17)
Genesis
17
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
שָׂרַי proper name, feminine wife of Abram (Nö ZMG xiii (1888). 484 Ges§ 80l Kö ii. 1. 427 make = foregoing, with old feminine ending ַ י; > Lag BN 92, Anm. *, emphasizing different in ᵐ5, derived from a √ 
, and compare 
, name of a barren mountain; compare RS יִשְׂרָאֵל above, below I. שׂרה); — ᵐ5 Σαρα; — Genesis 11:30 (J), Genesis 11:31 (P), Genesis 12:5,11,17; Genesis 16:1,2,3,5,6 (twice in verse); Genesis 16:8 (twice in verse) (all J), Genesis 17:15 (P); שָׂרָ֑י Genesis 11:29 (J), Genesis 16:2 (J), Genesis 17:15 (P).
, and compare , name of a barren mountain; compare RS יִשְׂרָאֵל above, below I. שׂרה); — ᵐ5 Σαρα; — Genesis 11:30 (J), Genesis 11:31 (P), Genesis 12:5,11,17; Genesis 16:1,2,3,5,6 (twice in verse); Genesis 16:8 (twice in verse) (all J), Genesis 17:15 (P); שָׂרָ֑י Genesis 11:29 (J), Genesis 16:2 (J), Genesis 17:15 (P). שָׂשׂוֺן, שָׂשׂן see שׂוֺשׂ.
שֵׂת see שְׂאֵת below נשׂא p.673a.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
שָׂרַי (“my princes?” “nobility,” i.q. שָׂרֶה?), [Sarai], pr.n. of the wife of Abraham, for which, however, afterwards (Genesis 17:15), another name שָׂרָה (princess) was substituted. The LXX. write the former name Σάρα (in the manner of the Arabs, pronouncing ־ַי a; comp, סִינַי Σινᾶ); the latter Σάῤῥα; because, in fact, שָׂרָה is for שַׂרָּה. But see what has been said about this two-fold name (of which the former is obscure), by Conr. Iken, in Dissertt. Philol. Theol., p. 17, seqq.; J. D. Michaëlis, Orient. Bibl. IX. p. 188; Stange, Theol. Symmikta, I. p. 48, seqq.
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List of Word Forms
וְשָׂרַי֙ ושרי שָׂרַ֔י שָׂרַ֖י שָׂרַ֗י שָׂרַ֛י שָׂרַ֜י שָׂרַ֣י שָׂרַ֨י שָׂרָ֑י שָׂרָ֔י שָׂרָֽי׃ שרי שרי׃ śā·ray śā·rāy saRai śāray śārāy vesaRai wə·śā·ray wəśāray
