Lexicon
שָׂרָה
sa.rah
H8283
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Sarah

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sa.rah is the proper name borne by Abraham’s wife, identified as Isaac’s mother and remembered in ancestral accounts.

The attested proper-noun use identifies Abraham’s wife across accounts of the naming announcement, the promised and completed birth of Isaac, her death and burial, and Isaiah’s recollection of her as the one who bore the people addressed.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name of Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother · dominant

    The form is consistently tagged Noun · Proper and names the same woman in varied clauses. In Genesis 17:15 the APB renders the instruction that her name shall be “Sarah”; Genesis 21:2 renders her conception and birth of a son for Abraham, while Genesis 23:2 renders Abraham’s mourning after her death. Isaiah 51:2 recalls her in the clause “Sarah who bore you.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the proper name as “Sarah,” often with identifying expressions such as “Sarah your wife,” “Sarah his mother,” or “Sarah who bore you.” Those surrounding identifiers describe the verse-level presentation rather than separate renderings of the name.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture