STRONGS NUMBER H8280


Word Summary
sarah: to persist, exert oneself, persevere
Original Word: שָׂרָה
Transliteration: 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. שָׂרָהverb persist, exert oneself, persevere (Arabic persist, persevere); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׂ ׳אֶתאֿHosea 12:4 he persevered with God; 2 masculine singular עִםאֿ ׳שָׂרִיתָ אֲנָשִׁים וְעִםGenesis 32:29 (J). — Hosea 12:5 has Imperfect וַיָּ֫שַׂר‎ in same meaning, as if from a (non-existent) שׂוּר‎; < read וַיִּ֫שֶׂר‎ (apocope from וַיִּשְׂרֶה‎). — שׂוֺרָהIsaiah 28:25 see above.