שָׂרָה
sârâh · saw-raw'
a mistress, i.e. female noble
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H8269 (שַׂר);
a mistress, i.e. female noble
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lady, princess, queen.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ladies1 · 20%
- princesses1 · 20%
- likewise shall the ladies1 · 20%
- and their queens1 · 20%
- and princess1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.