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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 49 times in 44 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ahaziah fell through the window lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria H8111, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria H8111 and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:25 - He then went on from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 -

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria H8111 in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned for twelve years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6 - So King Jehoram left Samaria H8111 for battle [fn]at that time and mustered all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - And she said to her mistress, “If only my master were [fn]with the prophet who is in Samaria H8111! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” And he brought them to Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 -

When they had come into Samaria H8111, Elisha said, “LORD, open the eyes of these men, so that they may see.” So the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 -

Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - So there was a severe famine in Samaria H8111; and behold, they kept besieging it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [fn]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 -

Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the LORD; this is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow a [fn]measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria H8111.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two [fn]measures of barley for a shekel and a [fn]measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria H8111.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 -

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria H8111. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria H8111, to the officials of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12 -

Then he set out and [fn]went to Samaria H8111. On the way while he was at [fn]Beth-eked of the shepherds,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - When he came to Samaria H8111, he [fn]killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria H8111, until he had eliminated [fn]them, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke to Elijah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - And Jehu [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria H8111. And his son Jehoahaz became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:36 - So the [fn]time which Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria H8111 was twenty-eight years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 -

In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria H8111, and he reigned for seventeen years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - Nevertheless they did not abandon the sins of the house of Jeroboam, into which he misled Israel; rather, they walked in [fn]them; and the [fn]Asherah also remained standing in Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - And Jehoahaz [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria H8111; and his son Joash became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 -

In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, [fn]Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria H8111, and he reigned for sixteen years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Joash [fn]lay down with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria H8111 with the kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14 - And he took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, the hostages as well, and returned to Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - So Jehoash [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria H8111 with the kings of Israel; and his son Jeroboam became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 -

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria H8111, and reigned for forty-one years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8 -

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria H8111 for six months.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 -

Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for [fn]one month in Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria H8111, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria H8111, and killed him and became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:17 -

In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned for ten years in Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:23 -

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria H8111, and reigned for two years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria H8111, in the castle of the king’s house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 -

In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria H8111, and he reigned for twenty years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 -

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria H8111, and reigned for nine years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 -

Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and went up to Samaria H8111 and besieged it for three years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria H8111 and led the people of Israel 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 -

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, [fn]Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria H8111 in place of the sons of Israel. So they took possession of 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 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 killing them 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 led into exile from Samaria H8111 came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they were to fear the LORD.
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 marched 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? Have they saved Samaria H8111 from my hand?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria H8111 and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a bowl, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said, “Leave him alone; no one is to disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria H8111, which the kings of Israel had constructed, [fn]provoking the LORD to anger; and he did to them [fn]just as he had done in Bethel.
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