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שָׂרָה

sa.rah

Sarah

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Strong’s H8283Proper name, a person38 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

sarah36

is sarah2

In the text

Genesis 17:15שָׂרָה
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
Isaiah 51:2שָׂרָה
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׂרָה 37 n.pr.f. wife of Abraham (princess)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.