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Strong's #8283 - שָׂרָה

Transliteration
Sârâh
Phonetics
saw-raw'
Origin
the same as (H8282)
Parts of Speech
proper feminine noun
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Sarah = "noblewoman"
    1. wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
BSB (37)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
CSB (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
ESV (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
KJV (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
LEB (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
LSB (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
N95 (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
NAS (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
NLT (0)
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WEB (38)
Genesis 37
Isaiah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. שָׂרָה37 proper name, feminine wife of Abraham ( princess); — Σαρρα: Genesis 17:15 (where formal change from שָׂרַי), Genesis 17:17; Genesis 17:19; Genesis 17:21; Genesis 21:1b. 3; Genesis 23:1 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:2 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:10,12; Genesis 49:31 (all P), Genesis 18:6 9t. 18, Genesis 21:1a. 2 a Genesis 24:36,67 (all J), Genesis 20:2 (twice in verse); Genesis 20:14,16,18; Genesis 21:6,7,9,12 (all E); as ancestress of Hebrews Isaiah 51:2.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׂרָה

(1)  to place in a row, to set in order; Arab. سار Med. Waw, reihen, ordnen. Hence שׂוֹרָה series, order, row; which see.

(2) to be leader, commander, prince, i.q. שׂוּר No. I. 2, and שָׂרַר; from setting in order, arranging soldiers. Arab. سَرُوَ to be noble, liberal; سَِرىُّ a prince, a noble.

(3) to fight (prop. to wage war) with any one; followed by עִם Genesis 32:29 followed by אֵת Hosea 12:4 (Arab. شرا Conj. III. id.). Fut. is taken from שׂוּר No. I.

Derivatives, שׂוֹרָה, מִשְׂרָה and pr. names שָׂרַי, שְׂרָיָה, יִשְׂרָאֵל.

שָׂרָה f. of the noun שַׂר

(1)  a princess, a noble lady, Judges 5:29; Esther 1:18; Isaiah 49:23 specially of the wives of a king of noble birth, 1 Kings 11:3 who differed from the concubines; comp. Song of Solomon 6:8. Metaph. Lamentations 1:1, שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֹת “princess of the provinces.”

(2) pr.n. Sarah; see שָׂרַי.


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List of Word Forms
וְשָׂרָ֥ה וְשָׂרָה֙ וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה ולשרה ושרה לְשָׂרָ֔ה לְשָׂרָ֖ה לְשָׂרָ֣ה לשרה שָׂרָ֑ה שָׂרָ֔ה שָׂרָ֖ה שָׂרָ֗ה שָׂרָ֜ה שָׂרָ֣ה שָׂרָ֥ה שָׂרָ֧ה שָׂרָ֧ה ׀ שָׂרָֽה׃ שָׂרָה֙ שָׂרָה֩ שרה שרה׃ lə·śā·rāh lesaRah ləśārāh śā·rāh saRah śārāh ū·lə·śā·rāh ulesaRah ūləśārāh vesaRah wə·śā·rāh wəśārāh
 
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