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Lexicon :: Strong's H8111 - šōmrôn

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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 3 (2Ki 17:5–Mic 1:5)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 -

Then the king of Assyria went up against the whole land and he went up to Samaria H8111 and besieged it three years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria H8111 and took Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 -

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from [fn]Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria H8111 in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria H8111 and lived in its cities.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have taken away into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria H8111 do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are putting them to death because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one of the priests whom they had taken away into exile from Samaria H8111 came and settled at Bethel, and instructed them how they should fear Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 -

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria H8111 and besieged it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - And at the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria H8111 was captured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - ‘Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and [fn]Ivvah? When have they delivered Samaria H8111 from my hand?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria H8111 and the level of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish—he wipes it and turns it upside down.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said, “Let him alone; let no one move his bones.” So they [fn]left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And also all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria H8111, which the kings of Israel had made provoking [fn]Yahweh to anger, Josiah removed; and he did to them [fn]just as he had done in Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And some years later he went down to Ahab at Samaria H8111. And Ahab sacrificed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and incited him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria H8111; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding himself in Samaria H8111; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the [fn]troops whom Amaziah sent back from going with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria H8111 to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 of them and plundered much plunder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:24 - And he took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 -

Then the sons of Israel carried away captive of their brothers 200,000 women, sons, and daughters; and they plundered also a great deal of spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army which came to Samaria H8111 and said to them, “Behold, because of the wrath of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, against Judah, He has given them into your hand, and you have killed them in a rage which has even reached heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name arose, took hold of the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the [fn]wealthy men of Samaria H8111 and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they complete it in a day? Can they bring the stones to life from the [fn]dusty rubble, though they are burned?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:9 - and the head of Ephraim is Samaria H8111 and the head of Samaria H8111 is the son of Remaliah. If you do not [fn]establish your faith in Yahweh, you surely shall not [fn]be established.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - for before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria H8111 will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9 -

And all the people know it,

That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria H8111,

Saying in lofty pride and in arrogance of heart:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 -

“Is not Calno like Carchemish,

Or Hamath like Arpad,

Or Samaria H8111 like Damascus?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 -

“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,

Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria H8111,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 -

Shall I not [fn]do to Jerusalem and her images

Just as I have done to Samaria H8111 and her idols?”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19 - ‘Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And when have they delivered Samaria H8111 from my hand?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 -

“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria H8111 I saw an offensive thing:

They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:5 -

“Again you will plant vineyards

On the [fn]hills of Samaria H8111;

The planters will plant

And will [fn]enjoy them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria H8111 with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and [fn]their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and frankincense in their hands to bring to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - “Now your older sister is Samaria H8111, who lives [fn]north of you with her [fn]daughters; and your younger sister, who lives [fn]south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - “Furthermore, Samaria H8111 did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:53 -

“Nevertheless, I will [fn]return their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, the captivity of Samaria H8111 and her daughters, and [fn]along with them [fn]your own captivity,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55 - “Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria H8111 with her daughters, [fn]will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - “Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria H8111 is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 -

‘You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,

The cup of horror and desolation,

The cup of your sister Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 -

When I would heal Israel,

Then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,

And the evil deeds of Samaria H8111,

For they work falsehood;

The thief enters in;

Raiders [fn]ransack outside,

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 -

[fn]He has rejected your calf, O Samaria H8111, saying,

“My anger burns against them!”

How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 -

For from Israel is even this!

A craftsman made it, so it is not God;

Surely the calf of Samaria H8111 will be smashed to splinters.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 -

The dweller of Samaria H8111 will fear

For the [fn]calf of Beth-aven.

Indeed, its people will mourn for it,

And its idolatrous priests [fn]will cry out over it,

Over its glory, since it has gone into exile from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:7 -

Samaria H8111 will be ruined with her king

Like a stick on the surface of the water.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 -

[fn]Samaria H8111 will be held guilty,

For she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword;

Their infants will be dashed in pieces,

And their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:9 -

Make it heard on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Gather yourselves on the mountains of Samaria H8111 and see the great confusions within her and the oppressions in her midst.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“Just as the shepherd delivers from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,

So will the sons of Israel inhabiting Samaria H8111 be delivered

With the corner of a bed and the [fn]cover of a couch!

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 -

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria H8111,

Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,

Who say to their [fn]husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 -

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion

And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria H8111,

The distinguished men of the first of the nations,

To whom the house of Israel comes.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 -

As for those who swear by the [fn]guilt of Samaria H8111,

Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’

And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’

They will fall and not rise again.”

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:19 -

Then those of the [fn]Negev will possess the mountain of Esau,

And those of the [fn]Shephelah, the Philistine plain;

And they will possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria H8111,

And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 -

The word of [fn]Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he beheld concerning Samaria H8111 and Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 -

All this is for the transgression of Jacob

And for the sins of the house of Israel.

What is the transgression of Jacob?

Is it not Samaria H8111?

What is the high [fn]place of Judah?

Is it not Jerusalem?


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