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Lexicon :: Strong's H8297 - śāray

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שָׂרַי
Transliteration
śāray
Pronunciation
saw-rah'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שָׂרַי Sâray, saw-rah'-ee; from H8269; dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham:—Sarai.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H8297 in the following manner: Sarai (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H8297 in the following manner: Sarai (17x).
  1. Sarai = "princess"

    1. original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂרַי Sâray, saw-rah'-ee; from H8269; dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham:—Sarai.
STRONGS H8297: Abbreviations
שָׂרַי proper name, feminine wife of Abram (NöZMG xiii (1888). 484 Ges§ 80lii. 1. 427 make = foregoing H8283, with old feminine ending ַ י; > LagBN 92, Anm. *, emphasizing different in Greek Version of the LXX, derived from a √ bdb097901, and compare bdb097902, name of a barren mountain; compare RS יִשְׂרָאֵל above, below I. שׂרה); — Greek Version of the LXX Σαρα; — Genesis 11:30 (J), Genesis 11:31 (P), Genesis 12:5, 11, 17; Genesis 16:1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (twice in verse); Genesis 16:8 (twice in verse) (all J), Genesis 17:15 (P); שָׂרָ֑י Genesis 11:29 (J), Genesis 16:2 (J), Genesis 17:15 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8297

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8297 matches the Hebrew שָׂרַי (śāray),
which occurs 17 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 -

Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 -

Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 -

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 -

He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 -

When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 -

But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife, Sarai.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 -

Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 -

Sarai said to Abram, “Since the LORD has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 -

So Abram’s wife, Sarai, took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband, Abram, as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan ten years.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 -

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering![fn] I put my slave in your arms,[fn] and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the LORD judge between me and you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 -

Abram replied to Sarai, “Here, your slave is in your power; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 -

He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going? ”

She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 -

God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah[fn] will be her name.

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