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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)
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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

H8111

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

Page 1 / 3 (1Ki 13:32–2Ki 17:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - for the prophecy he announced with the LORD's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - In the thirty-eighth year of Asa's reign over Judah, Omri's son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria and besieged and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Ben Hadad sent another message to him, "May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, "Men are marching out of Samaria."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - Ben Hadad said, "I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria." Ahab then said, "I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you." So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43 - The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - "Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37 - So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); dogs licked his blood, just as the LORD had said would happen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign over Judah, Ahab's son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled for two years over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, "Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the LORD's angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, "Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: 'You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:25 - From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign over Judah, Ahab's son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; he ruled for twelve years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6 - At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - She told her mistress, "If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you're looking for." He led them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - Samaria's food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey's head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove's droppings for five shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - The prophet told the king, "Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab's dynasty. This is what the letters said,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12 - Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab's family who were still alive in Samaria, just as the LORD had announced to Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - Jehu passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:36 - Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah's King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu's son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for seventeen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - But they did not repudiate the sinful ways of the family of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins. There was even an Asherah pole standing in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 - In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash's reign over Judah, Jehoahaz's son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for sixteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - Joash passed away and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14 - He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the LORD's temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria. (

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah's King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8 - In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Jeroboam's son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for six months.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah's reign over Judah. He reigned for one month in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. He killed him and took his place as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Menahem's son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. Pekah then took his place as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 - In the twelfth year of King Ahaz's reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.

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