Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sarah, Sarai, Sara [Sa’rah] [Sa’rai] [Sa’ra] Wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Abraham said she was the daughter of his father but not of his mother, therefore he called her ‘sister’; but God preserved her in His mercy to Abraham, who had, through fear, denied his true relationship to her in the land of … Continue reading “Sarah, Sarai, Sara”

Sarah, Sarai sara, sar: (1) In Gen 17:15 the woman who up to that time has been known as Sarai (, Saray; , Sara) receives by divine command the name Sarah (, Sarah; , Sarra). (This last form in Greek preserves the ancient doubling of the r, lost in the Hebrew and the English forms.) … Continue reading “Sarah, Sarai”

Sarah Peter Philanthropist; born Chillicothe, Ohio, 1800; died Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877. A Catholic convert in Rome (1855) and founder of the School of Design for Women in Philadelphia. She was a patron of art, and active in charitable and philanthropic works in Cincinnati. In 1862 she volunteered as a nurse in the Civil War. Fuente: … Continue reading “Sarah Peter”

SARAH OR SARAI wife of Abraham Gen 11:29; Gen 16:5; Gen 17:15; Gen 18:12; Gen 20:2; Gen 21:6; Gen 23:1; Rom 9:9; Heb 11:11 1Pe 3:6 –“The Mother of Nations” Gen 17:15; Gen 17:16 Beautiful Gen 12:11 Impatient of divine delays, attempts to anticipate the plans of providence, Compare Gen 15:4 with Gen 16:2 Gen … Continue reading “SARAH OR SARAI”

SARAH Or SARA, the wife of Abraham, the daughter of his father by another mother, Gen 20:12 . Most Jewish writers, however, and many interpreters, identify her with Iscah, the sister of Lot, and Abraham’s niece, Gen 11.29; the word “daughter” according to Hebrew usage, comprising any female descendant, and “sister,” any female relation by … Continue reading “Sarah”

Saragossa, University of This university was not definitively established until 1585 its real founder being Don Pedro Cerbunc, Prior of the Cathedral of Saragossa, and later Bishop of Tarrazona, who, by commission of the city of Saragossa, organized the university, prepared its statutes, and endowed it with an income of 30,000 reales. At the end … Continue reading “Saragossa, University of”

Saragossa (CAESARAUGUSTANA) Diocese in Spain; comprises a great part of the civil Province of Saragossa (Zaragoza). It is bounded on the north by Navarre and Huesca; on the east by Huesca, Lerida, and Tarragona; on the south by Valencia and Teruel; on the west by Guadalajara and Soria. The episcopal city, situated on the Ebro, … Continue reading “Saragossa”

Saracens Originally the name of an Arab tribe, then applied to the Bedouin, and later to all the Moorish or Mohammedan people who invaded Europe, and against whom the Crusaders fought. The true derivation of the word was long a puzzle to philologers: Du Cange deduced it from Sarah, the wife of Abraham; Hottinger (Biblioth. … Continue reading “Saracens”

Sarabias (), a Greek form (1Es 9:48) of the name SHEREBIAH SEE SHEREBIAH (q.v.) in the Heb. text (Neh 8:7). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Sarabias SARABIAS (1Es 9:48) = Sherebiah, Neh 8:7. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sarabias sar-a-bas (, Sarabas) : One of the Levites who taught and expounded … Continue reading “Sarabias”

SARABAITES Wandering fanatics, or rather impostors, of the fourth century, who, instead of procuring a subsistence by honest industry, travelled through various cities and provinces, and gained a maintenance by fictitious miracles, by selling relics to the multitude, and other frauds of a like nature. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Sarabaites A class of monks widely spread … Continue reading “Sarabaites”