Sarah
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsɛː.ɹə//
- United States//ˈsɛɚ.ə//
The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
proper noun
- 1
The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be.
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A female given name from Hebrew.
I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.
Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast this week, conservative activist and RiftTV contributor Sarah Stock attributed some of the divide to a generational split in how conservatives consume information.
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A female given name from Arabic, ultimately from the same source.
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A placename: An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
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A placename: An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).
proper noun
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A village in Hormozgan Province, Iran.
Forms
- plural
- Sarahs
Sarah · The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
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