שָׂרָהsârâh

persist, exert oneself, persevere

Pronunciation: saw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8280

Meanings

Qal: he persevered with God (Hosea 12:4; Genesis 32:29; Hosea 12:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
  • Hosea 12:3 Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).