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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§ 80l Köii. 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:29; 11:30; 11:31; 12:5; 12:11; 12:17; 16:1; 16:2; 16:2; 16:3; 16:5; 16:6; 16:8; 17:15; 17:15

H8297

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, "Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her." Abram did what Sarai told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram's wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, "You have brought this wrong on me! I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - Abram said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - He said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 - Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
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