Sara
Greek form of Sarah.
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Sarah
(princess). The wife and half-sister, ( Genesis 20:12 ) of Abraham, and mother of Isaac. Her name is first introduced in ( Genesis 11:29 ) as Sarai. The change of her name from Sarai, my princess (i.e. Abraham’s), to Sarah, princess (for all the race), was made at the same time that Abram’s name was changed to Abraham,—on the establishment of the covenant of circumcision between him and God. Sarah’s history is of course that of Abraham. [ Abraham ] She died at Hebron at the age of 127 years, 28 years before her husband and was buried by him in the cave of (B.C. 1860.) She is referred to in the New Testament as a type of conjugal obedience in ( 1 Peter 3:6 ) and as one of the types of faith in ( Hebrews 11:11 ) Sarah, the daughter of Asher. ( Numbers 26:46 )
Sarai
(my princess) the original name of Sarah wife of Abraham.
Serah
the daughter of Asher, ( Genesis 46:17 ; 1 Chronicles 7:30 ) called in ( Numbers 26:46 ) Sarah . (B.C. about 1700.)
Shur
(a wall), a place just without the eastern border of Egypt. Shur is first mentioned in the narrative of Haggar’s flight from Sarah. ( Genesis 16:7 ) Abraham afterward “dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.” ( Genesis 20:1 ) It is also called Ethami. The wilderness of Shur was entered in the Israelites after they had crossed the Red Sea. ( Exodus 15:22 , 23 ) It was also called the wilderness of Etham. ( Numbers 33:8 ) Shur may have been a territory town east of the ancient head of the Red Sea; and from its being spoken of as a limit, it was probably the last Arabian town before entering Egypt.