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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 - Shemuel son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Simeon;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:20 - So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[fn] saying, “Because I asked the LORD for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:26 - And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions.

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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 house 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. Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - Again the LORD called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD: 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 - A third time the LORD called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And the LORD said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.” Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the LORD; let him do what is good in his eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:19 - The LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel’s 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 recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And Samuel’s word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves 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, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the LORD for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[fn] of Israel at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.

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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. He named it Ebenezer,[fn] saying, “Thus far 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 they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 - Samuel continued as Israel’s leader all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - So 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 when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - They went up to the town, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel, coming 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 this to Samuel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the LORD said to him, “This is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:19 - “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up ahead of me to the high place, for today you are to eat with me, and in the morning I will send you on your way and will tell you all that is in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited—about thirty in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:23 - Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the piece of meat I gave you, the one I told you to lay aside.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24 - So the cook took up the thigh with what was on it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, “Here is what has been kept for you. Eat, because it was set aside for you for this occasion from the time I said, ‘I have invited guests.’ ” And Saul dined with Samuel that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - They rose about daybreak, and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way.” When Saul got ready, he and Samuel went outside together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going down to the edge of the town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us”—and the servant did so—“but you stay here for a while, so that I may give you a message from God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day.

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1. Currently on page 1/3 (Num 34:20–1Sa 10:9) Num 34:20–1Sa 10:9

2. LOAD PAGE 2 1Sa 10:14–1Sa 19:20

3. LOAD PAGE 3 1Sa 19:22–Jer 15:1

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