"Sara, Sarah, pr. name, the wife of Abraham, Rom. 4:19; 9:9; Heb. 11:11; 1 Pet. 3:6*"
Definition and meaning
Sara, Sarah, pr. name, the wife of Abraham, Rom. 4:19; 9:9; Heb. 11:11; 1 Pet. 3:6*
In the original Greek the word is written: Σάρρα
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of sarra (G4564) across the King James Bible.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
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.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G4564 (sarra) is a Greek word that means: Sara, Sarah, pr. name, the wife of Abraham, Rom. 4:19; 9:9; Heb. 11:11; 1 Pet. 3:6* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word sarra (G4564) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4564 is sarra, a Greek word defined as: Sara, Sarah, pr. name, the wife of Abraham, Rom. 4:19; 9:9; Heb. 11:11; 1 Pet. 3:6*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
sarra is a Greek word found in the New Testament.