Sarah
שָׂרָהStrong’s H8283sarah (sa-rah)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “sarah”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29
How it's translated
- sarah 29
- to sarah 3
- and sarah 3
- and to sarah 2
- for sarah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 31
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
- Genesis 17:19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
- Genesis 17:21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
- Genesis 18:6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
- Genesis 18:9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
- Genesis 18:10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂרָה sarah · Sarah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; 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 Gen.11.29,30,31; 12.5,11,17; 16.1,2,3,5,6,8; 17.15; § Sarah = "noblewoman" wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.