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
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻ · H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- ΣαμουήλSamouḗl · G4545Samuel (i.e. Shemuel), an Israelite
- בְּרָאיָהBᵉrâʼyâh · H1256Berajah, an Israelite
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.
See every passage
- Numbers 34:20
- 1 Samuel 1:20, 2:18, 2:21, 2:26, 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:6, 3:7, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:11, 3:15, 3:16, 3:18, 3:19, 3:20, 3:21, 4:1, 7:3, 7:5, 7:6, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:12, 7:13, 7:15, 8:1, 8:4, 8:6, 8:7, 8:10, 8:19, 8:21, 8:22, 9:14, 9:15, 9:17, 9:18, 9:19, 9:22, 9:23, 9:24, 9:26, 9:27, 10:1, 10:9, 10:14, 10:15, 10:16, 10:17, 10:20, 10:24, 10:25, 11:7, 11:12, 11:14, 12:1, 12:6, 12:11, 12:18, 12:19, 12:20, 13:8, 13:10, 13:11, 13:13, 13:15, 15:1, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:13, 15:14, 15:16, 15:17, 15:20, 15:22, 15:24, 15:26, 15:27, 15:28, 15:31, 15:32, 15:33, 15:34, 15:35, 16:1, 16:2, 16:4, 16:7, 16:8, 16:10, 16:11, 16:13, 19:18, 19:20, 19:22, 19:24, 25:1, 28:3, 28:11, 28:12, 28:14, 28:15, 28:16, 28:20
- 1 Chronicles 6:28, 6:33, 7:2, 9:22, 11:3, 26:28, 29:29
- 2 Chronicles 35:18
- Psalms 99:6
- Jeremiah 15:1
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