Strong's Hebrew · H8282

שָׂרָה

sârâh · saw-raw'

lady, princess, queen.

Definition

a mistress, i.e. female noble

Derivation

feminine of H8269 (שַׂר);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

1 Kings 11:3

He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

Esther 1:18

This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.

Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

Lamentations 1:1

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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