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Lexicon :: Strong's H8050 - šᵊmû'ēl

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שְׁמוּאֵל
Transliteration
šᵊmû'ēl
Pronunciation
sehm-oo-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the pass part of שָׁמַע (H8085) and אֵל (H410)
Strong’s Definitions

שְׁמוּאֵל Shᵉmûwʼêl, sehm-oo-ale'; from the passive participle of H8085 and H410; heard of God; Shemuël, the name of three Israelites:—Samuel, Shemuel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 140x

The KJV translates Strong's H8050 in the following manner: Samuel (137x), Shemuel (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 140x
The KJV translates Strong's H8050 in the following manner: Samuel (137x), Shemuel (3x).

  1. Samuel = "his name is El"

    1. son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David

    2. son Ammihud and the prince of the tribe of Simeon who was chosen to divide the land of Canaan between the tribes. Spelled 'Shemuel'

    3. son of Tola and grandson of Issachar. Spelled 'Shemuel'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁמוּאֵל Shᵉmûwʼêl, sehm-oo-ale'; from the passive participle of H8085 and H410; heard of God; Shemuël, the name of three Israelites:—Samuel, Shemuel.
STRONGS H8050: Abbreviations
שְׁמוּאֵל 140 proper name, masculine Samuel (= name of El Thes and others (or, his name is El HomHeb.Trad.98f. WklKAT 3. 225 Now 181, 20), compare פּנוּאֵל, רְעוּאֵל; see Dr181, 20; PrätZMG 1903, 777 ff. caritative from יִשְׁמָעֵאל; Palmyrene שמואל Lzb377; see further GieAT Schätzung d. Gottesn. (1901), 102 ff.); —
1. great prophet, 11th cent. B.C., σαμουηλ: 1 Samuel 1:20 (name explained as if from שָׁאַל), 1 Samuel 1:18, 21, 26 + 125 times 1 Samuel; 1 Chronicles 6:13; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 9:22; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 35:18; Jeremiah 15:1; Psalm 99:6.
†2. in Simeon, Numbers 34:30 (P), σαλαμιηλ.
†3. in Issachar 1 Chronicles 7:2, (I) σαμουηλ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:18; 1:20; 1:21; 1:26

1 Chronicles

6:13; 6:18; 7:2; 9:22; 11:3; 26:28; 29:29

2 Chronicles

35:18

Psalms

99:6

Jeremiah

15:1

H8050

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Strong's Number H8050 matches the Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šᵊmû'ēl),
which occurs 140 times in 120 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Num 34:20–1Sa 10:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:20 - Of the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:20 - And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the LORD.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - Indeed the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:26 - Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:4 - Then the LORD called Samuel, and he said, “Here I am!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the LORD called again, “Samuel!” and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the LORD came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - Then the LORD said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:19 - And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:5 - Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the LORD and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - And the people of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. And Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the LORD thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated before Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen[fn] and called its name Ebenezer;[fn] for he said, “Till now the LORD has helped us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 - Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - And the LORD said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:10 - So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking for a king from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - And the LORD said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:15 - Now the day before Saul came, the LORD had revealed to Samuel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:19 - Samuel answered Saul, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for today you shall eat with me, and in the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:23 - And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24 - So the cook took up the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”[fn] So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - Then at the break of dawn[fn] Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Up, that I may send you on your way.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince[fn] over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince[fn] over his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 1Sa 10:14–1Sa 19:20

3. LOAD PAGE 3 1Sa 19:22–Jer 15:1

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