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Lexicon :: Strong's G4546 - sampsōn

Aa
Σαμψών
Transliteration
sampsōn (Key)
Pronunciation
samp-sone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin (G8123)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
43x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Σαμψών Sampsṓn, samp-sone'; of Hebrew origin (H8123); Sampson (i.e. Shimshon), an Israelite:—Samson.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4546 in the following manner: Samson (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4546 in the following manner: Samson (1x).

  1. Samson = "like the sun"

    1. a famous judge of Israel renowned for his physical strength

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Σαμψών Sampsṓn, samp-sone'; of Hebrew origin (H8123); Sampson (i.e. Shimshon), an Israelite:—Samson.
STRONGS G4546:
Σαμψών (שִׁמְשׁון from שֶׁמֶשׁ, 'sun-like', cf. Hebrew אִישׁון from אִישׁ) (Buttmann, 15 (14)), ὁ, Samson (Vulg. Samson), one of the Israelite judges (שֹׁפְטִים), famous for his strength and courage, the Hebrew Hercules (cf. BB. DD.; McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word 2, 4; especially Orelli in Herzog edition 2, under the word Simson) (Judges 13ff): Hebrews 11:32.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
13
Hebrews
11:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4546 matches the Greek Σαμψών (sampsōn),
which occurs 43 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:1 - And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the [fn]Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and is there not a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared [fn]in meeting him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - And they went down and spoke to the woman, [fn]and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10 - And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a [fn]banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 - And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people, thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of [fn]the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:20 - And the wife of Sampson was given to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:1 - And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3 - And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - And the Philistines said, Who has done these things? and they said, Sampson the son-in-law of the Thamnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to one of his friends; and the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father's house with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Sampson said to them, Though ye may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - And the [fn]men of Juda said, Why are ye come up against us? and the Philistines said, We are come up to bind Sampson, and to do to him as he has done to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:12 - And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines: and Sampson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16 - And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 - And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come hither: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein is thy great strength, and wherewith thou shalt be bound that thou mayest be humbled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - And the [fn]liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has [fn]touched the fire, and his strength was not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:10 - And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, thou hast cheated me, and told me lies; now then tell me wherewith thou shalt be bound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 - And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I intreat thee, wherewith thou mayest be bound: and he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and shouldest fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14 - And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:20 - And Dalida said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - And the chiefs of the Philistines met to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to make merry; and they said, God has given into our hand our enemy Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - And Sampson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, and I will stay myself upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - And the house was full of men and women, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women looking at the sports of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my Lord, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Sampson said, Let my life perish with the Philistines: and he [fn]bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson slew in his death were more than those whom he slew in his life.
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