Strong H8298שָׁרָ֑י

Sharai

Transliteration
shâray
Pronunciation
shaw-rah'ee
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Probably from H8324; hostile;
{Sharay} an Israelite: - Sharai.

Meaning of the name

Sharai = "releaser"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.40

In the biblical story

Sharai

Israelite who divorced his foreign wife

Sharai was one of the Israelites who had married a foreign woman and agreed to divorce her as part of Ezra's religious reforms.

In the Bible

Strong H8298 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sharai1

First verses

  1. Ezra 10:40
    Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
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