Lexical Summary sarah: to persist, exert oneself, persevere Original Word: שָׂרָהTransliteration: sarah Phonetic Spelling: (saw-raw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to persist, exert oneself, persevere Meaning: to persist, exert oneself, persevere Strong's Concordance have power as a prince A primitive root; to prevail -- have power (as a prince). Brown-Driver-Briggs H8280. sarah I. שָׂרָה verb persist, exert oneself, persevere (Arabic persist, persevere); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׂ ׳אֶתאֿ Hosea 12:4 he persevered with God; 2 masculine singular עִםאֿ ׳שָׂרִיתָ אֲנָשִׁים וְעִם Genesis 32:29 (J). — Hosea 12:5 has Imperfect וַיָּ֫שַׂר in same meaning, as if from a (non-existent) שׂוּר; < read וַיִּ֫שֶׂר (apocope from וַיִּשְׂרֶה). — שׂוֺרָה Isaiah 28:25 see above. |
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