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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - Abram H87 and Nahor H5152 took H3947 wives H802 for themselves. The name H8034 of Abram’s H87 wife H802 was Sarai H8297, and the name H8034 of Nahor’s H5152 wife H802 was Milcah H4435, the daughter H1323 of Haran H2039, the father H1 of Milcah H4435 [fn]and Iscah H3252.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - Sarai H8297 was unable H6135 to H6135 conceive H6135; she did not H369 have H369 a child H2056.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 -

Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram’s H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - Abram H87 took H3947 his wife H802 Sarai H8297 and his nephew H1121 H251 Lot H3876, and all H3605 their possessions H7399 which H834 they had accumulated H7408, and the [fn]people H5315 which H834 they had acquired H6213 in Haran H2771, and they [fn]set H3318 H1980 out for the land H776 of Canaan H3667; so they came H935 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - It came H1961 about H1961, when H834 he [fn]was approaching H7126 H935 Egypt H4714, that he said H559 to his wife H802 Sarai H8297, “See H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that you are a [fn]beautiful H3303 woman H802;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 -

But the LORD H3068 struck H5060 Pharaoh H6547 and his house H1004 with great H1419 plagues H5061 because H5921 H1697 of Sarai H8297, Abram’s H87 wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 -

Now Sarai H8297, Abram’s H87 wife H802, had not borne H3205 him a H3205 child H3205, but she had an Egyptian H4713 slave H8198 woman H8198 whose name H8034 was Hagar H1904.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - And so after H4480 Abram H87 had lived H3427 ten H6235 years H8141 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, Abram’s H87 wife H802 Sarai H8297 took H3947 Hagar H1904 the Egyptian H4713, her slave H8198 woman H8198, and gave H5414 her to her husband H376 Abram H87 as his wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “May the wrong H2555 done to me be upon you! I put H5414 my slave H8198 woman H8198 into your [fn]arms H2436, but when she saw H7200 that she had conceived H2029, I was H7043 insignificant H7043 in her [fn]sight H5869. May the LORD H3068 judge H8199 between H996 [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram H87 said H559 to Sarai H8297, “Look H2009, your slave H8198 woman H8198 is in your [fn]power H3027; do H6213 to her what H2896 is H2896 good H2896 in your [fn]sight H5869.” So Sarai H8297 treated H6031 her harshly H6031, and she fled H1272 from her presence H6440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - He said H559, “Hagar H1904, Sarai’s H8297 slave H8198 woman H8198, from where H335 H2088 have you come H935, and where H575 are you going H1980?” And she said H559, “I am fleeing H1272 from the presence H6440 of my mistress H1404 Sarai H8297.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 -

Then God H430 said H559 to Abraham H85, “As for your wife H802 Sarai H8297, you shall not call H7121 her by the name H8034 [fn]Sarai H8297, but [fn]Sarah H8283 shall be her name H8034.

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