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Sharay <a href="../hebrew/8299.htm" title="8299">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Sharay: Sarai</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">שָׁרַי</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Sharay<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>shah-RAI<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(shaw-rah'-ee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Sarai<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Sharay<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root שָׂרָה (Sarah), meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>G4564 (Σάρα, Sara):</b> The Greek equivalent of Sarah, used in the New Testament, such as in Hebrews 11:11, where Sarah's faith is commended.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Sarai is the original name of Sarah, the wife of Abraham, before God changed her name. The name Sarai is often understood to mean "my princess" or "contentious," reflecting her noble status and perhaps her initial struggles with faith and patience.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, names held significant meaning and were often reflective of one's character or destiny. Sarai, as the wife of Abraham, played a crucial role in the Abrahamic covenant. Her account is pivotal in the narrative of the Israelites, as she is the matriarch through whom the promised child, Isaac, was born. Her journey from Sarai to Sarah marks a transformation in her faith and role in God's plan.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an Isr. with a foreign wife<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Sharai (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שָׁרָ֑י</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>one with foreign wife</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/10-40.htm">Ezra 10:40</a>; <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Σαριου,</font> <font class="hebrew2">א</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Σαρουε</font>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Σαρουα</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיָה</font> see III. <font class="hebrew2">שׁרה</font> <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיוֺן</font>. see IV. <font class="hebrew2">שׁרה</font>. above<p><font class="hebrew2">שֵׁרִית</font> see <font class="hebrew2">שְׁאֵרִית</font>. <font class="hebrew2">שֵׁרִיתִךָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Jeremiah 15:11</a> see I. <font class="hebrew2">שׁרה</font>. above, <p><font class="hebrew2">שְׁרֵמוֺת</font> see [ <font class="hebrew2">שְׁדֵמָה</font>] below <font class="hebrew2">שׁדם</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיָ֑ן</font> see below IV. <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיוֺן</font>sub IV <font class="hebrew2">שׁרה</font> . above<br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Sharai <p>Probably from <a href="/hebrew/8324.htm">sharar</a>; hostile; Sharay, an Israelite -- Sharai. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8324.htm">sharar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>שָׁרָֽי׃ שרי׃ šā·rāy šārāy shaRai<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/10-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 10:40</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַכְנַדְבַ֥י שָׁשַׁ֖י <b> שָׁרָֽי׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Machnadebai, Shashai, <span class="itali">Sharai,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Machnadebai, Shashai, <span class="itali">Sharai,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/10-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Machnadebai Shashai <span class="itali">Sharai</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8298.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8298.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8298<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/sharai_8298.htm">šā·rāy — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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