שָׂרָה

sa.rahSarah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a woman38 occurrences2 books32 verses
This is the name of Sarah: Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac.

Definition

the same as H8282; Sarah, Abraham's wife
Traditional renderings: Sarah.

Glossary entries

Sarah Sarai Sara

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

38 total
  1. Genesis 17:15שָׂרָ֖ה · Sarah
    Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
  2. Genesis 17:17שָׂרָ֔ה · Can Sarah
    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  3. Genesis 17:19שָׂרָ֣ה · Sarah
    But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
  4. Genesis 17:21שָׂרָה֙ · Sarah
    But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
  5. Genesis 18:6שָׂרָ֑ה · Sarah
    So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
  6. Genesis 18:9שָׂרָ֣ה · Sarah
    “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
  7. Genesis 18:10 (2×)לְשָׂרָ֣ה · Sarah; וְשָׂרָ֥ה · Now Sarah
    Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
  8. Genesis 18:11 (2×)וְשָׂרָה֙ · and Sarah; לְשָׂרָ֔ה · Sarah
    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
  9. Genesis 18:12שָׂרָ֖ה · So [she]
    So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
  10. Genesis 18:13שָׂרָ֜ה · did Sarah
    And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
  11. Genesis 18:14וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה · and Sarah
    Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
  12. Genesis 18:15שָׂרָ֧ה׀ · But Sarah
    But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
  13. Genesis 20:2 (2×)שָׂרָ֥ה · Sarah; שָׂרָֽה׃ · had Sarah
    Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
  14. Genesis 20:14שָׂרָ֥ה · Sarah
    So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
  15. Genesis 20:16וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה · to Sarah
    And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
  16. Genesis 20:18שָׂרָ֖ה · Sarah
    …for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
  17. Genesis 21:1 (2×)שָׂרָ֖ה · to Sarah; לְשָׂרָ֖ה · for Sarah
    Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
  18. Genesis 21:2שָׂרָ֧ה · So Sarah
    So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
  19. Genesis 21:3שָׂרָ֖ה · Sarah
    And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
  20. Genesis 21:6שָׂרָ֔ה · Then Sarah
    Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
  21. Genesis 21:7שָׂרָ֑ה · that Sarah
    She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
  22. Genesis 21:9שָׂרָ֜ה · But Sarah
    But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
  23. Genesis 21:12שָׂרָ֖ה · Sarah
    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  24. Genesis 23:1 (2×)שָׂרָ֔ה · Sarah; שָׂרָֽה׃
    Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
  25. Genesis 23:2 (2×)שָׂרָ֗ה · [She]; לְשָׂרָ֖ה · for [her]
    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
  26. Genesis 23:19שָׂרָ֣ה · Sarah
    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
  27. Genesis 24:36שָׂרָה֩ · Sarah
    My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
  28. Genesis 24:67שָׂרָ֣ה · Sarah
    And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
  29. Genesis 25:10וְשָׂרָ֥ה · Sarah
    This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
  30. Genesis 25:12שָׂרָ֖ה · Sarah’s
    This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
  31. Genesis 49:31שָׂרָ֣ה · Sarah
    There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
  32. Isaiah 51:2שָׂרָ֖ה · Sarah
    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.