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Lexicon :: Strong's H8297 - śāray

Aa
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

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - And Sarai had no child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 - And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.
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