Word Study · Strong's H8283 · Hebrew
שָׂרָה
Sarah
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Strong's 1890 spelling: Sârâh
“Sarah, Abraham's wife”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sarah, Abraham's wife
Rendered in the KJV as
Sarah.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- שָׂרָ֖ה8
- שָׂרָ֣ה5
- שָׂרָ֔ה3
- וְשָׂרָ֥ה2
- לְשָׂרָ֖ה2
- שָׂרָ֑ה2
- שָׂרָ֜ה2
- שָׂרָ֥ה2
- שָׂרָֽה׃2
- וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה1
- וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה1
- וְשָׂרָה֙1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- Sarah27
- and Sarah3
- [is] Sarah2
- to Sarah2
- [will belong] to Sarah1
- and [will belong] to Sarah1
- and to Sarah1
- for Sarah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)29
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpf · 29
- HR/Npf · 4
- HC/Npf · 3
- HC/R/Npf · 2
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis37 occurrences
- Genesis 17:15שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.here: [is] Sarah
- Genesis 17:17שָׂרָ֔הsarahproper noun (a name)Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”here: Sarah
- Genesis 17:19שָׂרָ֣הsarahproper noun (a name)But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.here: Sarah
- Genesis 17:21שָׂרָה֙sarahproper noun (a name)But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”here: Sarah
- Genesis 18:6שָׂרָ֑הsarahproper noun (a name)So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”here: Sarah
- Genesis 18:9שָׂרָ֣הsarahproper noun (a name)“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.here: [is] Sarah
- Genesis 18:10לְשָׂרָ֣הlesarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.here: [will belong] to Sarah
- Genesis 18:10וְשָׂרָ֥הvesarahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.here: and Sarah
- Genesis 18:11וְשָׂרָה֙vesarahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.here: and Sarah
- Genesis 18:11לְשָׂרָ֔הlesarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.here: to Sarah
- Genesis 18:12שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”here: Sarah
- Genesis 18:13שָׂרָ֜הsarahproper noun (a name)And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’here: Sarah
- Genesis 18:14וּלְשָׂרָ֥הulesarahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”here: and [will belong] to Sarah
- Genesis 18:15שָׂרָ֧ה׀sarahproper noun (a name)But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”here: Sarah
- Genesis 20:2שָׂרָ֥הsarahproper noun (a name)Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.here: Sarah
- Genesis 20:2שָׂרָֽה׃sarahproper noun (a name)Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.here: Sarah
- Genesis 20:14שָׂרָ֥הsarahproper noun (a name)So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.here: Sarah
- Genesis 20:16וּלְשָׂרָ֣הulesarahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”here: and to Sarah
- Genesis 20:18שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:1שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:1לְשָׂרָ֖הlesarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.here: to Sarah
- Genesis 21:2שָׂרָ֧הsarahproper noun (a name)So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:3שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:6שָׂרָ֔הsarahproper noun (a name)Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:7שָׂרָ֑הsarahproper noun (a name)She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:9שָׂרָ֜הsarahproper noun (a name)But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,here: Sarah
- Genesis 21:12שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.here: Sarah
- Genesis 23:1שָׂרָ֔הsarahproper noun (a name)Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.here: Sarah
- Genesis 23:1שָׂרָֽה׃sarahproper noun (a name)Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.here: Sarah
- Genesis 23:2שָׂרָ֗הsarahproper noun (a name)She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.here: Sarah
- Genesis 23:2לְשָׂרָ֖הlesarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.here: for Sarah
- Genesis 23:19שָׂרָ֣הsarahproper noun (a name)After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.here: Sarah
- Genesis 24:36שָׂרָה֩sarahproper noun (a name)My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.here: Sarah
- Genesis 24:67שָׂרָ֣הsarahproper noun (a name)And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.here: Sarah
- Genesis 25:10וְשָׂרָ֥הvesarahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.here: and Sarah
- Genesis 25:12שָׂרָ֖הsarahproper noun (a name)This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.here: Sarah
- Genesis 49:31שָׂרָ֣הsarahproper noun (a name)There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.here: Sarah
Same headword in Strong's