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Sarah

שָׂרָהStrong’s H8283

sarah (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.”
Genesis 17:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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.

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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.