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Lexicon :: Strong's H7586 - šā'ûl

Aa
שָׁאוּל
Transliteration
šā'ûl
Pronunciation
shaw-ool'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of שָׁאַל (H7592)
Strong’s Definitions

שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'; passive participle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites:—Saul, Shaul.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 406x

The KJV translates Strong's H7586 in the following manner: Saul (399x), Shaul (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 406x
The KJV translates Strong's H7586 in the following manner: Saul (399x), Shaul (7x).
  1. Saul or Shaul = "desired"

    1. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel

    2. an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah

    3. a son of Simeon

    4. a Levite, son of Uzziah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'; passive participle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites:—Saul, Shaul.
STRONGS H7586: Abbreviations
שָׁאוּל proper name, masculine)= asked (of י׳), compare שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל below; Palmyrene proper name שאילא Lzb371 Cooke283); — Σαονλ:
1. 397 1st king of Israel, 1 Samuel 9:2, 3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 9:5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359 times Samuel; + 28 times 1 Chronicles; Psalm 18:1; Psalm 52:2; Psalm 54:2; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 59:1 (all in titles); גִּבְעַת שׁ׳ Isaiah 10:29 (and 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 21:6 see II. גִּבְעָה).
2. a king of Edom Genesis 36:37, 38 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:48, 49.
3. a son of Simeon Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13 (all P) = 1 Chronicles 4:24.
4. a Levite 1 Chronicles 6:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:37; 36:38; 46:10

Exodus

6:15

Numbers

26:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 9:3; 9:5; 11:4; 15:34

2 Samuel

21:6

1 Chronicles

1:48; 1:49; 4:24; 6:9

Psalms

18:1; 52:2; 54:2; 57:1; 59:1

Isaiah

10:29

H7586

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7586 matches the Hebrew שָׁאוּל (šā'ûl),
which occurs 406 times in 335 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 7 (1Sa 24:5–2Sa 1:5)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5 - And it happened afterward that David’s heart struck him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s H7586 robe.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - And David tore his men to pieces with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul H7586. And Saul H7586 arose, [fn]left the cave, and went on his way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 -

Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul H7586, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul H7586 looked behind him, David bowed with his [fn]face to the ground and prostrated himself.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:9 - And David said to Saul H7586, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks [fn]to do you evil’?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16 -

Now it happened that when David had finished speaking these words to Saul H7586, Saul H7586 said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” Then Saul H7586 lifted up his voice and wept.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - So David swore to Saul H7586. And Saul H7586 went to his home, but David and his men went up to the fortress.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:44 -

Now Saul H7586 had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:1 -

Then the Ziphites came to Saul H7586 at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before [fn]Jeshimon?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - So Saul H7586 arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:3 - And Saul H7586 camped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before [fn]Jeshimon, beside the road. Now David was staying in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul H7586 came after him into the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4 - So David sent out spies and knew that Saul H7586 was certainly coming.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - David then arose and came to the place where Saul H7586 had camped. And David saw the place where Saul H7586 lay, as well as Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; and Saul H7586 was lying in the circle of the camp, and the people were camped around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 -

Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul H7586 in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul H7586 lay sleeping inside the circle of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s H7586 head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a [fn]sound sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 -

Then Saul H7586 recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord the king.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:21 -

Then Saul H7586 said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have committed a serious error.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:25 - Then Saul H7586 said to David, “Blessed are you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul H7586 returned to his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:1 -

Then David said in his heart, “Now I will be swept away one day by the hand of Saul H7586. There is nothing better for me than that I should utterly escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul H7586 then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:4 - And it was told to Saul H7586 that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:3 -

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul H7586 had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:4 - So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul H7586 gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:5 - Saul H7586 saw the camp of the Philistines and was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:6 - So Saul H7586 asked of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:7 - So Saul H7586 said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 -

Then Saul H7586 disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, “Divine for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall say to you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:9 - But the woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul H7586 has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:10 - Then Saul H7586 swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:12 - And the woman saw Samuel and cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul H7586, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul H7586.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:13 - And the king said to her, “Do not be afraid; but what do you see?” And the woman said to Saul H7586, “I see a [fn]divine being coming up out of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said to her, “What is his form?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.” And Saul H7586 knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his [fn]face to the ground and prostrated himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 -

Then Samuel said to Saul H7586, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul H7586 answered, “I am greatly distressed, for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me and no longer answers me, either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 -

Then Saul H7586 quickly fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no [fn]food all day and all night.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came to Saul H7586 and saw that he was terrified and said to him, “Behold, your servant-woman has listened to your voice, and I have [fn]taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:25 - And she brought it before Saul H7586 and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul H7586 the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he [fn]deserted to me to this day?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying,

‘Saul H7586 has struck his thousands,

And David his ten thousands’?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:2 - And the Philistines closely pursued Saul H7586 and his sons; and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul H7586.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - And the battle became heavy against Saul H7586, and the archers [fn]hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul H7586 said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through and abuse me.” But his armor bearer was not willing, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul H7586 took his sword and fell on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:5 - Then his armor bearer saw that Saul H7586 was dead, so he also fell on his sword and died with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:6 - Thus Saul H7586 died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 -

Then the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul H7586 and his sons were dead. So they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 -

Now it happened on the [fn]next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul H7586 and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:11 - Then the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard [fn]what the Philistines had done to Saul H7586,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - so all the valiant men arose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul H7586 and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 -

Now it happened after the death of Saul H7586, that David returned from striking down the Amalekites. Then David remained two days in Ziklag.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - Now it happened that on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul H7586. And his clothes were torn and [fn]dust was on his head. And it happened when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - And David said to him, “How did things go? Tell me now.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul H7586 and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul H7586 and his son Jonathan are dead?”

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