Sarah שָׂרָה

Sarah (Hebrew שָׂרָה, Strong's H8283) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Sarah”. It occurs 38 times.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sarah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 17:15
  And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
• Genesis 17:17
  Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?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?”
• Genesis 17:19
  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.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.
• Genesis 17:21
  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
• Genesis 18:6
  And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
• Genesis 18:9
  And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
• Genesis 18:10
  And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.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.
• Genesis 18:11
  Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
• Genesis 18:12
  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
• Genesis 18:13
  And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
• Genesis 18:14
  Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.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.”
• Genesis 18:15
  Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
• Genesis 20:2
  And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
• Genesis 20:14
  And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
• Genesis 20:16
  And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.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.”
• Genesis 20:18
  For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
• Genesis 21:1
  And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
• Genesis 21:2
  For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
• Genesis 21:3
  And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
• Genesis 21:6
  And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
• Genesis 21:7
  And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
• Genesis 21:9
  And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
• Genesis 21:12
  And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.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.
• Genesis 23:1
  And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
• Genesis 23:2
  And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep 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.
• Genesis 23:19
  And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.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.
• Genesis 24:36
  And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
• Genesis 24:67
  And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.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.
• Genesis 25:10
  The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
• Genesis 25:12
  Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
• Genesis 49:31
  There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 51:2
  Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).