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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 66 times in 57 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Sa 1:1–2Sa 21:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - on the third day, behold, it happened that a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - Then David said to him, “How did the matter go? Please tell me.” And he answered, “The people have fled from the battle, many of the people are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - Then the young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, there was Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:17 - Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “O mountains of Gilboa,
Let there be no dew nor rain upon you,
Nor fields of offerings.
For the shield of the mighty is cast away there!
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the slain,
From the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,
And in their death they were not divided;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - “O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
Who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury;
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “You are blessed of the LORD, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - “Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth[fn] the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - So they arose and went over by number, twelve from Benjamin, followers of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1 - Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 - Now it was so, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was strengthening his hold on the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner became very angry at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - “to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:13 - And David said, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - So David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - When Saul’s son[fn] heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart, and all Israel was troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of troops. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin. (For Beeroth also was part of Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:10 - “when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the LORD said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - Now as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:23 - Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15 - “But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:2 - And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “At your service!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?” And he answered, “Here is your servant!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:9 - And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 - Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - Now when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - “The LORD has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:4 - And the Gibeonites said to him, “We will have no silver or gold from Saul or from his house, nor shall you kill any man in Israel for us.” So he said, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6 - “let seven men of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose.” And the king said, “I will give them.”

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