Σάρρα G4564
Sarah; the wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac, and matriarch of the covenant people of Israel.
The Greek form of the Hebrew name Sarah (originally Sarai, renamed in Gen 17:15), meaning 'princess.' In the New Testament, Sarah appears as a model of faith and covenant promise. Paul cites her in Romans to demonstrate that God's promise operates through supernatural power rather than natural ability: Abraham did not waver despite Sarah's barrenness (Rom 4:19), and 'through Sarah' the word of promise came (Rom 9:9). Hebrews celebrates her faith in conceiving Isaac beyond childbearing age (Heb 11:11), and Peter holds her up as an example of holy conduct and gentle trust for believing wives (1 Pet 3:6).
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name of Abraham's wife, the matriarch whose miraculous conception of Isaac embodies God's faithfulness to his covenant promises. The transliteration is remarkably stable across languages--'Sara' in French, German, and Spanish, with only minor variation ('Sarra' in some English manuscripts following the LXX doubling of rho). Each New Testament reference highlights a different facet of her significance: her barrenness overcome by divine power (Rom 4:19), her role as channel of the promise (Rom 9:9), her faith in receiving strength to conceive (Heb 11:11), and her submissive trust as a model for Christian wives (1 Pet 3:6). She functions typologically as the 'free woman' whose children inherit the promise (cf. Gal 4:22-31). 4×
AR["سارَةَ", "سارَةُ", "سَارَة", "سَارَةَ"]·ben["সারা", "সারার,", "সারার-জন্যে", "সার্রা"]·DE["Sara"]·EN["Sarra", "of-Sarra"]·FR["Sara"]·heb["שָׂרָה"]·HI["सारा", "साराह-की"]·ID["Sara", "Sara,"]·IT["Sara", "sarra"]·jav["Sara", "Sarah", "Sarah,"]·KO["사라", "사라가", "사라에게"]·PT["Sara", "de-Sara", "filho."]·RU["Сарра", "Сарры"]·ES["Sárra", "de-Sárra"]·SW["Sara", "la-Sara"]·TR["Sara", "Sara'nın", "Sara'ya"]·urd["سارہ", "سارہ-نے", "سارہ-کو", "سارہ-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Σάρρα, -ας, ἡ (Heb. שָׂרָה, Gen.17:15), Sarah: Rom.4:19 9:9, Heb.11:11, 1Pe.3:6.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)