Serah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Se'rah. The daughter of Asher,  Genesis 46:17;  1 Chronicles 7:30, called in  Numbers 26:46, Sarah . (B.C. about 1700). See Sarah .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A daughter of Asher, thrice named among those who migrated to Egypt,  Genesis 46:17;  Numbers 26:46;  1 Chronicles 7:30 . Why she was thus distinguished is unknown, but the rabbis have many fables respecting her.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Serah . A daughter of Asher (  Genesis 46:17 ,   Numbers 26:48 (30),   1 Chronicles 7:30 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 46:17;  1 Chronicles 7:30. SARAH in  Numbers 26:46.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 46:17 Numbers 26:46

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 46:17 Numbers 26:46

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See SARAH,daughter of Asher.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Se'rach, שֵׂרִה , perhaps Overflow; Sept. in Genesis Σάρα [v.r. Σορέ ], but in Chronicles Σαραί [v.r. Σαάρ ]; also written "Sarah" [q.v.] in  Numbers 26:46), the daughter of Asher, son of Jacob ( Genesis 46:17;  Numbers 26:46;  1 Chronicles 7:30). B.C. cir. 1864. The mention of a female in a list of this kind, in which no others of her sex are named, and contrary to the usual practice of the Jews, seems to indicate something extraordinary in connection with her history or circumstances. This has sufficed to excite the ever active imaginations of the rabbins; and the Jews fable that she was very remarkable for piety and virtue, and was therefore privileged to be the first person to tell Jacob that his son Joseph was still living ( Genesis 45:26), on which account she was translated alive (like Enoch) to paradise, where, according to the ancient book Zohar, are four mansions or palaces, each presided over by an illustrious woman, viz. Sarah, daughter of Asher, the daughter of Pharaoh who brought up Moses; Jochebed, mother of Moses; and Deborah the prophetess.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sē´ra ( שׂרח , seraḥ , "abundance"): Daughter of Asher (  Genesis 46:17;  Numbers 26:46 , the King James Version "Sarah";  1 Chronicles 7:30 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Se´rah (abundance), daughter of Asher, named among those who went down into Egypt (;; ).