שְׁמוּאֵלShᵉmûwʼêl

proper name, masculine: Samuel

Pronunciation: sehm-oo-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8050

Meanings

1. great prophet, 11th cent. B.C. (1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 1:21)

2. in Simeon (Numbers 34:30)

3. in Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 140 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 34:20 Simeon Shemuel son of Ammihud
  • 1 Samuel 1:20 and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”
  • 1 Samuel 2:18 But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.
  • 1 Samuel 2:21 And the Lord blessed Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.
  • 1 Samuel 2:26 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the Lord and with the people.
  • 1 Samuel 3:1 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
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