שָׂרַי
Sâray · saw-rah'-ee
Sarai, the wife of Abraham
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8269 (שַׂר); dominative;
Sarai, the wife of Abraham
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sarai.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂרַי 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and sarai4 · 24%
- sarai4 · 24%
- unto sarai2 · 12%
- was sarai1 · 6%
- but sarai1 · 6%
- now sarai1 · 6%
- of sarai1 · 6%
- and when sarai1 · 6%
- sarai's1 · 6%
- as for sarai1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis17
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.