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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 - Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - But the LORD sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household 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 been able to bear children for him. 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, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who’s wrong—you or me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - Abram replied, “Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 - Then God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.[fn]
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