שָׂרָה
sara · strive, prevail
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8280 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sara (שָׂרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “strive, prevail”.
Strive, struggle hard, prevail. It occurs only in Genesis 32:28 and Hosea 12.
How to say it
sa·ra
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.
Its senses in the Bible
- To contend hard and not let go, as Jacob did with God.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he strove ×1
- you have struggled ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 32:28
He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with Elohim and with men and have prevailed.”
- Hosea 12:3
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his vigor he strove with Elohim.