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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.
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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 saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Sama'ria, shall surely come to pass."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - He bought the hill of Sama'ria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he fortified the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Sama'ria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sama'ria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Sama'ria twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - He erected an altar for Ba'al in the house of Ba'al, which he built in Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Eli'jah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - Ben-ha'dad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Sama'ria, and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Ben-ha'dad sent to him and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Sama'ria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The servants of the governors of the districts went out first. And Ben-ha'dad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, "Men are coming out from Sama'ria."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - And Ben-ha'dad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Sama'ria." And Ahab said, "I will let you go on these terms." So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43 - And the king of Israel went to his house resentful and sullen, and came to Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Sama'ria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Sama'ria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37 - So the king died, and was brought to Sama'ria; and they buried the king in Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And they washed the chariot by the pool of Sama'ria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the harlots washed themselves in it, according to the word of the LORD which he had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - Ahazi'ah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria in the seventeenth year of Jehosh'aphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Now Ahazi'ah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Sama'ria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, "Go, inquire of Ba'al-ze'bub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD said to Eli'jah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Sama'ria, and say to them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Ba'al-ze'bub, the god of Ekron?'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:25 - From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and thence he returned to Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - In the eighteenth year of Jehosh'aphat king of Judah, Jeho'ram the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Sama'ria, and he reigned twelve years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6 - So King Jeho'ram marched out of Sama'ria at that time and mustered all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Sama'ria! He would cure him of his leprosy."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - And Eli'sha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city; follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And he led them to Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - As soon as they entered Sama'ria, Eli'sha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and lo, they were in the midst of Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - Afterward Ben-ha'dad king of Syria mustered his entire army, and went up, and besieged Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And there was a great famine in Sama'ria, as they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - But Eli'sha said, "Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine meal shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Sama'ria."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - For when the man of God had said to the king, "Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a measure of fine meal for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Sama'ria,"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Now Ahab had seventy sons in Sama'ria. So Jehu wrote letters, and sent them to Sama'ria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12 - Then he set out and went to Sama'ria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - And when he came to Sama'ria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Sama'ria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke to Eli'jah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - So Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Sama'ria. And Jeho'ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:36 - The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Sama'ria was twenty-eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the twenty-third year of Jo'ash the son of Ahazi'ah, king of Judah, Jeho'ahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria, and he reigned seventeen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jerobo'am, which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Ashe'rah also remained in Sama'ria.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - So Jeho'ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Sama'ria; and Jo'ash his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 - In the thirty-seventh year of Jo'ash king of Judah Jeho'ash the son of Jeho'ahaz began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria, and he reigned sixteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Jo'ash slept with his fathers, and Jerobo'am sat upon his throne; and Jo'ash was buried in Sama'ria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14 - And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - And Jeho'ash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sama'ria with the kings of Israel; and Jerobo'am his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - In the fifteenth year of Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash, king of Judah, Jerobo'am the son of Jo'ash, king of Israel, began to reign in Sama'ria, and he reigned forty-one years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8 - In the thirty-eighth year of Azari'ah king of Judah Zechari'ah the son of Jerobo'am reigned over Israel in Sama'ria six months.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzzi'ah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Men'ahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Sama'ria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Sama'ria and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of Azari'ah king of Judah Men'ahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of Azari'ah king of Judah Pekahi'ah the son of Men'ahem began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria, and he reigned two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - And Pekah the son of Remali'ah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the Gileadites, and slew him in Sama'ria, in the citadel of the king's house; he slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of Azari'ah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remali'ah began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria, and reigned twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 - In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah Hoshe'a the son of Elah began to reign in Sama'ria over Israel, and he reigned nine years.

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