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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 -
SimeonShemuel son of Ammihud

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:20 - and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[fn] for she said, “I asked the LORD for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the LORD. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - And the LORD gave Hannah three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:26 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the LORD and with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle[fn] near the Ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:4 - Suddenly the LORD called out, “Samuel!”
“Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - Then the LORD called out again, “Samuel!”
Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
“I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle[fn] as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.”
“Here I am,” Samuel replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the LORD’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:19 - As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed 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 gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And Samuel’s words went out to all the people of Israel.[fn] At that time Israel was at war with the Philistines. The Israelite army was camped near Ebenezer, and the Philistines were at Aphek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really serious about wanting to return to the LORD, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Determine to obey only the LORD; then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:5 - Then Samuel told them, “Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - So they gathered at Mizpah and, in a great ceremony, drew water from a well and poured it out before the LORD. They also went without food all day and confessed that they had sinned against the LORD. (It was at Mizpah that Samuel became Israel’s judge.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - “Don’t stop pleading with the LORD our God to save us from the Philistines!” they begged Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the LORD as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the LORD to help Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - Just as Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines arrived to attack Israel. But the LORD spoke with a mighty voice of thunder from heaven that day, and the Philistines were thrown into such confusion that the Israelites defeated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Samuel then took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah.[fn] He named it Ebenezer (which means “the stone of help”), for he said, “Up to this point 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 didn’t invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the LORD’s powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 - Samuel continued as Israel’s judge for the rest of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:10 - So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning 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’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - So they entered the town, and as they passed through the gates, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the place of worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:15 - Now the LORD had told Samuel the previous day,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said, “That’s the man I told you about! He will rule my people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, “Can 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 to the place of worship ahead of me. We will eat there together, and in the morning I’ll tell you what you want to know and send you on your way.

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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 placed them at the head of the table, honoring them above the thirty special guests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:23 - Samuel then instructed the cook to bring Saul the finest cut of meat, the piece that had been set aside for the guest of honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24 - So the cook brought in the meat and placed it before Saul. “Go ahead and eat it,” Samuel said. “I was saving it for you even before I invited these others!” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - At daybreak the next morning, Samuel called to Saul, “Get up! It’s time you were on your way.” So Saul got ready, and he and Samuel left the house together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - When they reached the edge of town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant on ahead. After the servant was gone, Samuel said, “Stay here, for I have received a special message for you 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 over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the LORD has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - As Saul turned and started to leave, God gave him a new heart, and all Samuel’s signs were fulfilled that day.

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