Word Study · Strong's H5627 · Hebrew
סָרָה
sarah
saw-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çârâh
“apostasy, crime”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] continual, rebellion, revolt(-ed), turn away, wrong.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- סָרָ֑ה2
- סָרָ֥ה2
- וְסָרָ֔ה1
- סָ֠רָה1
- סָרָ֖ה1
- סָרָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- rebellion6
- and rebellion1
- ceasing1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular7
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 7
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 13:5סָ֠רָהsarahnoun · feminine singularSuch a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.here: rebellion
- Deuteronomy 19:16סָרָֽה׃sarahnoun · feminine singularIf a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,here: rebellion
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:5סָרָ֑הsarahnoun · feminine singularWhy do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.here: rebellion
- Isaiah 14:6סָרָ֑הsarahnoun · feminine singularIt struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.here: ceasing
- Isaiah 31:6סָרָ֖הsarahnoun · feminine singularReturn to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.here: rebellion
- Isaiah 59:13וְסָרָ֔הvesarahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularrebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.here: and rebellion
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 28:16סָרָ֥הsarahnoun · feminine singularTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”here: rebellion
- Jeremiah 29:32סָרָ֥הsarahnoun · feminine singularthis is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”here: rebellion