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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59171" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59171" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Saray', שָׂרִי; Sept. Σάρα; Vulg. [[Sarai]] )'','' the original name of Sarah, the wife of Abraham. It is always used in the history from Genesis 11:29 to Genesis 17:15, when it was changed to Sarah at the same time that her husband's name from [[Abram]] became Abraham, and the birth of Isaac was more distinctly foretold. The meaning of the name appears to be, as Ewald has suggested, "contentious." (See Sarah). </p> | <p> (Heb. Saray', '''''שָׂרִי''''' ; Sept. '''''Σάρα''''' ; Vulg. [[Sarai]] ) '','' the original name of Sarah, the wife of Abraham. It is always used in the history from Genesis 11:29 to Genesis 17:15, when it was changed to Sarah at the same time that her husband's name from [[Abram]] became Abraham, and the birth of Isaac was more distinctly foretold. The meaning of the name appears to be, as Ewald has suggested, "contentious." (See Sarah). </p> | ||
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