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Lexicon :: Strong's H7586 - šā'ûl

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שָׁאוּל
Transliteration
šā'ûl
Pronunciation
shaw-ool'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of שָׁאַל (H7592)
Strong’s Definitions

שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'; passive participle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites:—Saul, Shaul.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 406x

The KJV translates Strong's H7586 in the following manner: Saul (399x), Shaul (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 406x
The KJV translates Strong's H7586 in the following manner: Saul (399x), Shaul (7x).

  1. Saul or Shaul = "desired"

    1. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel

    2. an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah

    3. a son of Simeon

    4. a Levite, son of Uzziah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'; passive participle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites:—Saul, Shaul.
STRONGS H7586: Abbreviations
שָׁאוּל proper name, masculine)= asked (of י׳), compare שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל below; Palmyrene proper name שאילא Lzb371 Cooke283); — Σαονλ:
1. 397 1st king of Israel, 1 Samuel 9:2, 3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 9:5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359 times Samuel; + 28 times 1 Chronicles; Psalm 18:1; Psalm 52:2; Psalm 54:2; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 59:1 (all in titles); גִּבְעַת שׁ׳ Isaiah 10:29 (and 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 21:6 see II. גִּבְעָה).
2. a king of Edom Genesis 36:37, 38 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:48, 49.
3. a son of Simeon Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13 (all P) = 1 Chronicles 4:24.
4. a Levite 1 Chronicles 6:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:37; 36:38; 46:10

Exodus

6:15

Numbers

26:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 9:3; 9:5; 11:4; 15:34

2 Samuel

21:6

1 Chronicles

1:48; 1:49; 4:24; 6:9

Psalms

18:1; 52:2; 54:2; 57:1; 59:1

Isaiah

10:29

H7586

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7586 matches the Hebrew שָׁאוּל (šā'ûl),
which occurs 406 times in 335 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (1Sa 16:22–1Sa 19:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - So Saul H7586 sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David now [fn]be my attendant for he has found favor in my sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul H7586, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul H7586 would feel relieved and become well, and the evil spirit would leave him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:2 - Saul H7586 and the men of Israel were assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, and they drew up in battle formation to confront the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up in battle formation? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul H7586? Choose a man as your representative and have him come down to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:11 - When Saul H7586 and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and very fearful.

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Now David was the son of [fn]the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, the man whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And [fn]Jesse was old in the days of Saul H7586, advanced in years among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - The three older sons of Jesse had [fn]followed Saul H7586 to the battle. And the names of his three sons who had gone into the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14 - So David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul H7586,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - but David went back and forth from Saul H7586 to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:19 - “For Saul H7586 and they and all the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting the Philistines.”

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When the words that David spoke were heard, they informed [fn]Saul H7586, and he [fn]sent for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - And David said to Saul H7586, “May no one’s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - But Saul H7586 said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him; for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior since his youth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul H7586, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a sheep from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - And David said, “The LORD who saved me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, He will save me from the hand of this Philistine.” So Saul H7586 said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul H7586 clothed David with his military attire and put a bronze helmet on his head, and outfitted him with armor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David strapped on his sword over his military attire and struggled at walking, for he had not trained with the armor. So David said to Saul H7586, “I cannot go with these, because I have not trained with them.” And David took them [fn]off.

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Now when Saul H7586 had seen David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner said, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:57 - So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul H7586 with the Philistine’s head in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - Then Saul H7586 said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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Now it came about, when he had finished speaking to Saul H7586, that [fn]Jonathan committed himself to David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:2 - And Saul H7586 took him that day and did not let him return to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:5 - And David went into battle wherever Saul H7586 sent him, and always [fn]achieved success; so Saul H7586 put him in charge of the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s H7586 servants.

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Now it happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul H7586, with tambourines, with joy and with other [fn]musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - The women sang as they [fn]played, and said,

“Saul H7586 has slain his thousands,

And David his ten thousands.”

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Then Saul H7586 became very angry, for this lyric [fn]displeased him; and he said, “They have given David credit for ten thousands, but to me they have given credit for only thousands! Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:9 - And Saul H7586 eyed David with suspicion from that day on.

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Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul H7586, and he raved in the midst of the house while David was playing the harp with his hand, [fn]as usual; and [fn]a spear was in Saul’s H7586 hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - Then Saul H7586 hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will [fn]pin David to the wall.” But David [fn]escaped from his presence, twice.

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Now Saul H7586 was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him but had left Saul H7586.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - So Saul H7586 removed him from [fn]his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:15 - When Saul H7586 saw that he was [fn]very successful, he was afraid of him.

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Then Saul H7586 said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD’S battles.” For Saul H7586 thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18 - But David said to Saul H7586, “Who am I, and who is my family, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:19 - So it came about at the time that Merab, Saul’s H7586 daughter, was to be given to David, that she was given instead to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

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Now Michal, Saul’s H7586 daughter, loved David. When they informed Saul H7586, the thing was pleasing [fn]to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - For Saul H7586 thought, “I will give her to him so that she may become a trap for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul H7586 said to David, “For a second time you may become my son-in-law, today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul H7586 commanded his servants, “Speak to David in secret, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now then, become the king’s son-in-law.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s H7586 servants spoke these words [fn]to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am only a poor man and insignificant?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24 - Then Saul’s H7586 servants reported to him, saying, “[fn]These are the words David spoke.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul H7586 then said, “This is what you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” But Saul H7586 plotted to have David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - David set out and went, he and his men, and fatally struck two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they presented all two hundred of them to the king, so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul H7586 gave him his daughter Michal as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:28 - When Saul H7586 saw and realized that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s H7586 daughter, loved him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:29 - then Saul H7586 was even more afraid of David. So Saul H7586 was David’s enemy continually.

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Then the commanders of the Philistines went to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David was more [fn]successful than all the servants of Saul H7586. So his name was held in high esteem.

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Now Saul H7586 told his son Jonathan and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul’s H7586 son, greatly delighted in David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan informed David, saying, “My father Saul H7586 is seeking to put you to death. Now then, please be on your guard in the morning, and stay in a hiding place and conceal yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul H7586 and said to him, “May the king not sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very [fn]beneficial to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:6 - Saul H7586 listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul H7586 vowed, “As the LORD lives, David shall not be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7 - Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul H7586, and he was in his presence as before.

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