Word Study · Strong's H8280 · Hebrew

שָׂרָה

sarah

saw-raw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: sârâh

“to prevail”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to prevail

Rendered in the KJV as

have power (as a prince).

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

שָׂרָ֥ה1
שָׂרִ֧יתָ1

How it is rendered · 2

he struggled1
you have struggled1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1

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HVqp2ms · 1
HVqp3ms · 1

All 2, in canonical order

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Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 2 · 50%
Hosea1 of 2 · 50%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 32:28שָׂרִ֧יתָsaritaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThen the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”here: you have struggled

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 12:3שָׂרָ֥הsarahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.here: he struggled

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled שָׂרָה

H8282 · 5×

שָׂרָה

sarah

“a mistress, i.e. female noble”

H8283 · 38×

שָׂרָה

Sarah

“Sarah, Abraham's wife”

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