Strong's Hebrew · H8280
H8280 sârâh
שָׂרָה
saw-raw'
to strive
sârâh appears twice in Scripture, in Genesis 32:28 and Hosea 12:3. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to prevail
In the King James Version
have power (as a prince).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.”
“Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
