שָׂרָה
sârâh · H8280 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to compete, to struggle, to strive
Action by which humans compete with other humans to assert their superior physical strength
ExamplesGenesis 32:28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Hosea 12:3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his mature strength he contended with God.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ מֲלְאָךְmessenger, angel 1
- אֵתwith+ אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
- בin/on/with+ אוֹןstrength 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Conflict002003002006
- This verb denotes struggling or prevailing in a contest of strength, as in Genesis 32:29's account of Jacob wrestling and Hosea 12:4's declaration that he wrestled with the angel and prevailed.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8280. sarah I. שָׂרָה verb persist, exert oneself, persevere (Arabic persist,…
I. שָׂרָה verb persist, exert oneself, persevere (Arabic persist, persevere); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׂ ׳אֶתאֿ Hos 12:4 he persevered with God; 2 masculine singular עִםאֿ ׳שָׂרִיתָ אֲנָשִׁים וְעִם Gen 32:29 (J). — Hos 12:5 has Imperfect וַיָּ֫שַׂר in same meaning, as if from a (non-existent) שׂוּר; < read וַיִּ֫שֶׂר (apocope from וַיִּשְׂרֶה). — שׂוֺרָה Isa 28:25 see above.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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