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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
Heb. 11:11
11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. (Hebrews 11:11)
;
1 Peter 3:6
6
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (1 Peter 3:6)
). [
SARAH
.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Wife of
Abraham
and
mother
of
Isaac
. Abraham said she was
the
daughter
of his
father
but not of his mother, therefore he called her “sister;” but
God
preserved her in His
mercy
to Abraham, who had, through fear, denied his true relationship to her in the
land of
Egypt
and before
Abimelech
. Sarah, being barren, gave to Abraham her
Egyptian
handmaid
Hagar
, who, when she had conceived, despised her mistress. Sarah then dealt harshly
with
her and she ran away; but the
angel
of the
Lord
sent her back, and
Ishmael
was born.
When God promised Abraham that a
son
should be born to
him
of Sarah, He altered her
name
from Sarai to Sarah, which signifies “
princess
.” The meaning of Sarai is uncertain. Jerome gave “my princess;” others “princely;” others “contentious;” Fürst says, “
Jah
is ruler.” (See
NAMES
.) When Sarah heard that she was to
have
a son, she laughed within herself,
for
she was old, but it was known by the Lord, and then, being afraid, she denied that she had laughed.
In fulfillment of God’s promise, Isaac was at length born. When he was weaned, Ishmael was seen mocking, which roused Sarah to demand the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael. Though it was grievous to Abraham, God bade him do
what
Sarah desired.
This
is taken up in Galatians 4 as a
figure
of Christians being
children
of the
free
woman
, that is, of
Jerusalem
which is above, which, says the
apostle
, is our mother. Ishmael represents the
man
born after the
flesh
, who persecutes him born after the
Spirit
.
Sarah lived to the
age
of 127, and died in
Kirjath-
arba
, and was buried in the
cave
of
Machpelah
, which was purchased as a burying
place
. Her history is given in Genesis 11-23. Sarah is held up in the
New
Testament
as an example of
faith
(
Heb. 11:11
11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. (Hebrews 11:11)
); and
also
as a wife who was in subjection to her
husband
(
1 Pet. 3:6
6
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (1 Peter 3:6)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
4564
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Σάῤῥα
Transliteration:
Sarrha
Phonic:
sar’-hrah
Meaning:
of Hebrew origin (
8283
); Sarra (i.e. Sarah), the wife of Abraham
KJV Usage:
Sara, Sarah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a princess : the prince breathed (Num. 26:46)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Princess; princess of the multitude:―wife of Abraham, Rom. 9:9. {Princeps femina}
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