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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.
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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 1 / 7 (Gen 36:37–1Sa 14:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - When Samlah died, Shaul from the city of Rehoboth-on-the-River became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:38 - When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Acbor became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:10 - The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:15 - The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.) Their descendants became the clans of Simeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:13 - The Zoharite clan, named after their ancestor Zohar.[fn]
The Shaulite clan, named after their ancestor Shaul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 - One day Kish’s donkeys strayed away, and he told Saul, “Take a servant with you, and go look for the donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - Finally, they entered the region of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant, “Let’s go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:7 - “But we don’t have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don’t have a thing to give him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - “Well,” the servant said, “I have one small silver piece.[fn] We can at least offer it to the man of God and see what happens!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:10 - “All right,” Saul agreed, “let’s try it!” So they started into the town where the man of God lived.

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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 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul replied, “But I’m only from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least important of all the families of that tribe! Why are you talking like this to me?”

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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 9:24

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 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 - When they came down from the place of worship and returned to town, Samuel took Saul up to the roof of the house and prepared a bed for him there.[fn]

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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 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - When those who knew Saul heard about it, they exclaimed, “What? Is even Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12 - And one of those standing there said, “Can anyone become a prophet, no matter who his father is?”[fn] So that is the origin of the saying “Is even Saul a prophet?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 - “Where have you been?” Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant.
“We were looking for the donkeys,” Saul replied, “but we couldn’t find them. So we went to Samuel to ask him where they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:15 - “Oh? And what did he say?” his uncle asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16 - “He told us that the donkeys had already been found,” Saul replied. But Saul didn’t tell his uncle what Samuel said about the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the LORD, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:26 - When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked, “What’s the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message: “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the LORD made the people afraid of Saul’s anger, and all of them came out together as one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:12 - Then the people exclaimed to Samuel, “Now where are those men who said, ‘Why should Saul rule over us?’ Bring them here, and we will kill them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:13 - But Saul replied, “No one will be executed today, for today the LORD has rescued Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:15 - So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the LORD they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:1 - Saul was thirty[fn] years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty-two years.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul’s son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - Soon after this, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, hear this! Rise up in revolt!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - All Israel heard the news that Saul had destroyed the Philistine garrison at Geba and that the Philistines now hated the Israelites more than ever. So the entire Israelite army was summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:7 - Some of them crossed the Jordan River and escaped into the land of Gad and Gilead. Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:9 - So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:10 - Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:11 - but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?”
Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:13 - “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you. Had you kept it, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 - Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.[fn] When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - One day Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to where the Philistines have their outpost.” But Jonathan did not tell his father what he was doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 - Meanwhile, Saul and his 600 men were camped on the outskirts of Gibeah, around the pomegranate tree[fn] at Migron.

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