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Lexicon :: Strong's H8111 - šōmrôn

Aa
שֹׁמְרוֹן
Transliteration
šōmrôn
Pronunciation
sho-mer-one'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the act part of שָׁמַר (H8104)
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TWOT Reference: 2414d

Strong’s Definitions

שֹׁמְרוֹן Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'; from the active participle of H8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:—Samaria.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's H8111 in the following manner: Samaria (109x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x
The KJV translates Strong's H8111 in the following manner: Samaria (109x).

  1. Samaria = "watch mountain"

    1. the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam

    2. the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֹׁמְרוֹן Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'; from the active participle of H8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:—Samaria.
STRONGS H8111: Abbreviations
שֹׁמְרוֺן 109 proper name, of a location capital of Northern Israel from Omri's time (belonging to clan שֶׁמֶר, StaZAW v (1885), 165-175; originally שַׁמְרוֺן or שַׁמְרַיִן; Assyrian Samerina COT 1 Kings 16:24); — שׁ׳ 1 Kings 16:24 (name explanation as from שֶׁמֶר, originally owner of site), 1 Kings 16:28; 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 20:1, 10 +; שֹׁמְר֫וֺנָה 1 Kings 20:43; 2 Kings 6:19; 2 Kings 14:14; personified as woman Ezekiel 16:46, 51, 53, 55; Ezekiel 23:4, 33; king of Northern Israel is מֶלֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:1; 2 Kings 1:3; אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:18, compare בְּשׁ׳ מָלַךְ עַליִֿשׂ׳ 1 Kings 22:52 + 9 times; thence name of territory, שְׂדֵה שׁ׳ Obadiah 19, עָרֵי שׁ׳ 1 Kings 13:32 (point of view of later editor), 2 Kings 17:24, 26; 2 Kings 23:19; הָרֵי שׁ׳ Amos 3:9; Jeremiah 31:5, — compare הַושֿׁ׳ Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1; 1 Kings 16:24; perhaps שׁ׳ alone Jeremiah 23:13; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 7:24; 2 Kings 7:28; 2 Chronicles 25:13; חֵיל שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:34. — Greek Version of the LXX usually Σαμαρεια, but 1 Kings 16:24 Σεμερω, Σαεμερων, Σομορων; = modern Sebastieh; see GASm G 346 ff. BuhlG 207 f. CowleyEncy. Bib. under the word WilsonHast. DB under the word.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8115.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

13:32; 16:24; 16:24; 16:24; 16:24; 16:28; 16:29; 16:32; 18:2; 20:1; 20:10; 20:43; 21:1; 21:18; 22:52

2 Kings

1:3; 6:19; 14:14; 17:24; 17:26; 23:19

2 Chronicles

25:13

Jeremiah

23:13; 31:5

Ezekiel

16:46; 16:51; 16:53; 16:55; 23:4; 23:33

Amos

3:9; 4:1; 6:1

Obadiah

1:19

H8111

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Strong's Number H8111 matches the Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (šōmrôn),
which occurs 109 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (1Ki 13:32–2Ki 17:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, will certainly come about.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43 - Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37 - And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was the bathing-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there, as the Lord had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Now Ahaziah had a fall from the window of his room in Samaria, and was ill. And he sent men, and said to them, Put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about the outcome of my disease, to see if I will get well or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:25 - From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6 - At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12 - Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:36 - And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - But still they did not give up the sin of Jeroboam, which he made Israel do, but went on with it; and there was an image of Asherah in Samaria.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - And Jehoahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 - In the thirty-seventh year of the rule of Joash, king of Judah, Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for sixteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - And Joash went to rest with his fathers and Jeroboam took his place as king; and Joash was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14 - And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord and in the store-house of the king, together with those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - And Jehoash went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - In the fifteenth year of the rule of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, ruling for forty-one years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8 - In the thirty-eighth year of Azaliah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, was king over Israel for six months.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum, the son of Jabesh, became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah; and he was ruling in Samaria for the space of one month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and attacking Shallum, son of Jabesh, in Samaria, put him to death and made himself king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became king over Israel, and was ruling in Samaria for ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah, the son of Menahem, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, his captain, made a secret design against him, attacking him in the king's great house in Samaria; and with him were fifty men of Gilead; and he put him to death and became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah, the son of Remaliah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 - In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.

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