sara · Sarah

What it means

sara (שָׂרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sarah”.

The name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×37
• Isaiah×1

• Genesis 17:15

  Elohim said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.

• Genesis 17:17

  Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a son be born to one who is a hundred years old? And Sarah, will she, at ninety years, give birth?”

• Genesis 17:19

  Elohim said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him as an eternal covenant for his offspring after him.

• Genesis 17:21

  But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”

• Genesis 18:6

  So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, three seahs of flour, fine flour! Knead it and make cakes.”

• Genesis 18:9

  They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He said, “Look, in the tent.”

• Genesis 18:10

  Then he said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and look, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, and it was behind him.

• Genesis 18:11

  Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in days; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

• Genesis 18:12

  So Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I am worn out, will I have pleasure, and my lord is old?”

• Genesis 18:13

  YHWH said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh like this, saying, ‘Will I really give birth, when I am old?’

• Genesis 18:14

  Is anything too hard for YHWH? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

• Genesis 18:15

  But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

• Genesis 20:2

  Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

• Genesis 20:14

  Then Abimelech took sheep and cattle, and male slaves and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned to him Sarah his wife.

• Genesis 20:16

  And to Sarah he said, “Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; look, it is for you a covering for the eyes for all who are with you; and before everyone you are vindicated.”

• Genesis 20:18

  For YHWH had completely closed every womb in the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

• Genesis 21:1

  YHWH attended to Sarah as he had said, and YHWH did for Sarah as he had spoken.

• Genesis 21:2

  Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohim had spoken to him.

• Genesis 21:3

  Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

• Genesis 21:6

  Sarah said, “Elohim has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

• Genesis 21:7

  And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

• Genesis 21:9

  But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.

• Genesis 21:12

  But Elohim said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your eyes on account of the boy and on account of your slave woman. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac offspring will be named for you.

• Genesis 23:1

  The life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

• Genesis 23:2

  Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

• Genesis 23:19

  After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

• Genesis 24:36

  Sarah, my lord’s wife, bore a son to my lord after she had grown old, and he has given him all that he has.

• Genesis 24:67

  Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.

• Genesis 25:10

  the field that Abraham had bought from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

• Genesis 25:12

  These are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, 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.

• Isaiah 51:2

  Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you; for when he was one I called him, and I blessed him and multiplied him.”

And 6 more times.