Sarah: meaning of the name

Sarah in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Sarah in the Bible

• Sarah, daughter of Terah

  48 verses · first mentioned in Genesis 11:29

Sarah in Scripture

“Sarah” appears in 33 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Genesis 17:15

  And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

• Genesis 17:17

  Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

• Genesis 17:19

  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

• Genesis 17:21

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

• Genesis 18:6

  And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

• Genesis 18:9

  And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

• Genesis 18:10

  And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

• Genesis 18:11

  Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.