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Lexicon :: Strong's H8123 - šimšôn

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שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Transliteration

šimšôn

Pronunciation

shim-shone'

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Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שֶׁמֶשׁ (H8121)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁמְשׁוֹן Shimshôwn, shim-shone'; from H8121; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite:—Samson.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H8123 in the following manner: Samson (38x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H8123 in the following manner: Samson (38x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Samson = "like the sun"
1. a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שִׁמְשׁוֹן Shimshôwn, shim-shone'; from H8121; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite:—Samson.

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STRONGS H8123: Abbreviations

שִׁמְשׁוֺן ₃₈ proper name, masculine Samson (Assyrian proper name Šamšânu, Hilpr^{Murâshu 27. 70}; on שמש in Arabic proper name, of a tribe compare Nö^{ZMG x1 (1886), 166}); — Σαμψων: Judges 13:24; Judges 14:1, 3 + 35 times Judges 14; Judges 15; 16

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13:24; 14; 14:1; 14:3; 15; 16

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H8123

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Strong's Number H8123 matches the Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן (šimšôn),
which occurs 38 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:24

Jdg 13:24 - Then the woman^H802 gave^H3205 birth^H3205 to a son^H1121 and named^H7121^H8034 him Samson;^H8123 and the child^H5288 grew^H1431 up and the LORD^H3068 blessed^H1288 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:1

Jdg 14:1 - Then Samson^H8123 went^H3381 down^H3381 to Timnah^H8553 and saw^H7200 a woman^H802 in Timnah,^H8553 one of the daughters^H1323 of the Philistines.^H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:3

Jdg 14:3 - Then his father^H1 and his mother^H517 said^H559 to him, “Is there^H369 no^H369 woman^H802 among the daughters^H1323 of your [fn]relatives,^H251 or among all^H3605 [fn]our people,^H5971 that you go^H1980 to take^H3947 a wife^H802 from the uncircumcised^H6189 Philistines?”^H6430 But Samson^H8123 said^H559 to his father,^H1 “Get^H3947 her for me, for she [fn]looks^H3474^H5869 good^H3474 to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:5

Jdg 14:5 - Then Samson^H8123 went^H3381 down^H3381 to Timnah^H8553 with his father^H1 and mother,^H517 and came^H935 as far^H5704 as the vineyards^H3754 of Timnah;^H8553 and behold,^H2009 a young^H3715 lion^H738 came roaring^H7580 toward^H7122 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:7

Jdg 14:7 - So he went^H3381 down^H3381 and talked^H1696 to the woman;^H802 and she [fn]looked^H3474^H5869 good^H3474 to Samson.^H8123

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:10

Jdg 14:10 - Then his father^H1 went^H3381 down^H3381 to the woman;^H802 and Samson^H8123 made^H6213 a feast^H4960 there,^H8033 for the young^H970 men^H970 customarily did^H6213 this.^H3651

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:12

Jdg 14:12 - Then Samson^H8123 said^H559 to them, “Let me now^H4994 propound^H2330 a riddle^H2420 to you; if^H518 you will indeed^H5046 tell^H5046 it to me within the seven^H7651 days^H3117 of the feast,^H4960 and find^H4672 it out, then I will give^H5414 you thirty^H7970 linen^H5466 wraps^H5466 and thirty^H7970 changes^H2487 of clothes.^H899

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:15

Jdg 14:15 - Then it came^H1961 about on the [fn]fourth^H7637 day^H3117 that they said^H559 to Samson’s^H8123 wife,^H802 “Entice^H6601 your husband,^H376 so that he will tell^H5046 us the riddle,^H2420 or^H6435 we will burn^H8313 you and your father’s^H1 house^H1004 with fire.^H784 Have you invited^H7121 us to impoverish^H3423 us? Is this not so?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:16

Jdg 14:16 - Samson’s^H8123 wife^H802 wept^H1058 before^H5921 him and said,^H559 “You only^H7534 hate^H8130 me, and you do not love^H157 me; you have propounded^H2330 a riddle^H2420 to the sons^H1121 of my people,^H5971 and have not told^H5046 it to me.” And he said^H559 to her, “Behold,^H2009 I have not told^H5046 it to my father^H1 or mother;^H517 so should I tell^H5046 you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:20

Jdg 14:20 - But Samson’s^H8123 wife^H802 was given to his companion^H4828 who^H834 had been his [fn]friend.^H7462

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:1

Jdg 15:1 - But after^H4480 a while,^H3117 in the time^H3117 of wheat^H2406 harvest,^H7105 Samson^H8123 visited^H6485 his wife^H802 with a young^H1423 goat,^H5795 and said,^H559 “I will go^H935 in to my wife^H802 in her room.”^H2315 But her father^H1 did not let^H5414 him enter.^H935

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:3

Jdg 15:3 - Samson^H8123 then said^H559 to them, “This^H6471 time^H6471 I shall be blameless^H5352 in regard^H4480 to the Philistines^H6430 when^H3588 I do^H6213 them harm.”^H7451

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Jdg 15:4 - Samson^H8123 went^H1980 and caught^H3920 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 foxes,^H7776 and took^H3947 torches,^H3940 and turned^H6437 the foxes tail^H2180 to tail^H2180 and put^H7760 one^H259 torch^H3940 in the middle^H8432 between^H996 two^H8147 tails.^H2180

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:6

Jdg 15:6 - Then the Philistines^H6430 said,^H559 “Who^H4310 did^H6213 this?”^H2088 And they said,^H559 “Samson,^H8123 the son-in-law^H2860 of the Timnite,^H8554 because^H3588 [fn]he took^H3947 his wife^H802 and gave^H5414 her to his companion.”^H4828 So the Philistines^H6430 came^H5927 up and burned^H8313 her and her father^H1 with fire.^H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Jdg 15:7 - Samson^H8123 said^H559 to them, “Since^H518 you act^H6213 like this,^H2088 I will surely^H3588^H518 take^H5358 revenge^H5358 on you, but after^H310 that I will quit.”^H2308

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:10

Jdg 15:10 - The men^H376 of Judah^H3063 said,^H559 “Why^H4100 have you come^H5927 up against^H5921 us?” And they said,^H559 “We have come^H5927 up to bind^H631 Samson^H8123 in order to do^H6213 to him as he did^H6213 to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Jdg 15:11 - Then 3,000^H7969^H505 men^H376 of Judah^H3063 went^H3381 down^H3381 to the cleft^H5585 of the rock^H5553 of Etam^H5862 and said^H559 to Samson,^H8123 “Do you not know^H3045 that the Philistines^H6430 are rulers^H4910 over us? What^H4100 then is this^H2088 that you have done^H6213 to us?” And he said^H559 to them, “As they did^H6213 to me, so^H3651 I have done^H6213 to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:12

Jdg 15:12 - They said^H559 to him, “We have come^H3381 down^H3381 to bind^H631 you so that we may give^H5414 you into the hands^H3027 of the Philistines.”^H6430 And Samson^H8123 said^H559 to them, “Swear^H7650 to me that you will not [fn]kill^H6293 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:16

Jdg 15:16 - Then Samson^H8123 said,^H559
“With the jawbone^H3895 of a donkey,^H2543
[fn]Heaps^H2565 upon heaps,^H2565
With the jawbone^H3895 of a donkey^H2543
I have [fn]killed^H5221 a thousand^H505 men.”^H376

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:1

Jdg 16:1 - Now Samson^H8123 went^H1980 to Gaza^H5804 and saw^H7200 a harlot^H802^H2181 there,^H8033 and went^H935 in to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:2

Jdg 16:2 - When it was told to the Gazites,^H5841 saying,^H559 “Samson^H8123 has come^H935 here,”^H2008 they surrounded^H5437 the place and lay^H693 in wait^H693 for him all^H3605 night^H3915 at the gate^H8179 of the city.^H5892 And they kept^H2790 silent^H2790 all^H3605 night,^H3915 saying,^H559 “Let us wait until^H5704 the morning^H1242 light,^H216 then we will kill^H2026 him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:3

Jdg 16:3 - Now Samson^H8123 lay^H7901 until^H5704 midnight,^H2677^H3915 and at midnight^H2677^H3915 he arose^H6965 and took^H270 hold^H270 of the doors^H1817 of the city^H5892 gate^H8179 and the two^H8147 posts^H4201 and pulled^H5265 them up along^H5973 with the bars;^H1280 then he put^H7760 them on his shoulders^H3802 and carried^H5927 them up to the top^H7218 of the mountain^H2022 which^H834 is opposite^H5921^H6440 Hebron.^H2275

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:6

Jdg 16:6 - So Delilah^H1807 said^H559 to Samson,^H8123 “Please^H4994 tell^H5046 me where^H4100 your great^H1419 strength^H3581 is and [fn]how^H4100 you may be bound^H631 to afflict^H6031 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Jdg 16:7 - Samson^H8123 said^H559 to her, “If^H518 they bind^H631 me with seven^H7651 fresh^H3892 cords^H3499 that have not been dried,^H2717 then I will become^H2470 weak^H2470 and be like any^H259 other man.”^H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:9

Jdg 16:9 - Now she had^H3427 men lying^H693 in wait^H693 in an inner^H2315 room.^H2315 And she said^H559 to him, “The Philistines^H6430 are upon you, Samson!”^H8123 But he snapped^H5423 the cords^H3499 as a string^H6616 of tow^H5296 snaps^H5423 when it [fn]touches^H7306 fire.^H784 So his strength^H3581 was not discovered.^H3045

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:10

Jdg 16:10 - Then Delilah^H1807 said^H559 to Samson,^H8123 “Behold,^H2009 you have deceived^H8524 me and told^H1696 me lies;^H3577 now^H6258 please^H4994 tell^H5046 me [fn]how^H4100 you may be bound.”^H631

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Jdg 16:12 - So Delilah^H1807 took^H3947 new^H2319 ropes^H5688 and bound^H631 him with them and said^H559 to him, “The Philistines^H6430 are upon you, Samson!”^H8123 For the men were lying^H693 in wait^H693 in the inner^H2315 room.^H2315 But he snapped^H5423 [fn]the ropes from his arms^H2220 like a thread.^H2339

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:13

Jdg 16:13 - Then Delilah^H1807 said^H559 to Samson,^H8123 “Up to now^H2008 you have deceived^H8524 me and told^H1696 me lies;^H3577 tell^H5046 me [fn]how^H4100 you may be bound.”^H631 And he said^H559 to her, “If^H518 you weave^H707 the seven^H7651 locks^H4253 of my [fn]hair^H7218 with the web^H4545 [fn][and fasten^H8628 it with a pin,^H3489 then I will become weak^H2470 and be like any^H259 other man.”^H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:14

Jdg 16:14 - So while he slept,^H3462 Delilah took the seven^H7651 locks^H4253 of his [fn]hair^H7218 and wove them into the web].^H4545 And she fastened^H8628 it with the pin^H3489 and said^H559 to him, “The Philistines^H6430 are upon you, Samson!”^H8123 But he awoke^H3364 from his sleep^H8142 and pulled^H5265 out the pin^H3489 of the loom^H708 and the web.^H4545

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:20

Jdg 16:20 - She said,^H559 “The Philistines^H6430 are upon you, Samson!”^H8123 And he awoke^H3364 from his sleep^H8142 and said,^H559 “I will go^H3318 out as at other^H6471 times^H6471 and shake^H5287 myself free.”^H5287 But he did not know^H3045 that the LORD^H3068 had departed^H5493 from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:23

Jdg 16:23 - Now the lords^H5633 of the Philistines^H6430 assembled^H622 to offer^H2076 a great^H1419 sacrifice^H2077 to Dagon^H1712 their god,^H430 and to rejoice,^H8057 for they said,^H559
“Our god^H430 has given^H5414 Samson^H8123 our enemy^H340 into our hands.”^H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:25

Jdg 16:25 - It so happened^H1961 when [fn]they were in high^H2895 spirits,^H3820 that they said,^H559 “Call^H7121 for Samson,^H8123 that he may amuse^H7832 us.” So they called^H7121 for Samson^H8123 from the prison,^H1004^H631 and he [fn]entertained^H6711^H6440 them. And they made him stand^H5975 between^H996 the pillars.^H5982

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:26

Jdg 16:26 - Then Samson^H8123 said^H559 to the boy^H5288 who was holding^H2388 his hand,^H3027 “Let me feel^H4184 the pillars^H5982 on which^H834 the house^H1004 rests,^H3559 that I may lean^H8172 against^H5921 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:27

Jdg 16:27 - Now the house^H1004 was full^H4390 of men^H376 and women,^H802 and all^H3605 the lords^H5633 of the Philistines^H6430 were there.^H8033 And about 3,000^H7969^H505 men^H376 and women^H802 were on the roof^H1406 looking^H7200 on while Samson^H8123 was amusing^H7832 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:28

Jdg 16:28 - Then Samson^H8123 called^H7121 to the LORD^H3068 and said,^H559 “O Lord^H136 [fn]GOD,^H3068 please^H4994 remember^H2142 me and please^H4994 strengthen^H2388 me just^H389 this^H2088 time,^H6471 O God,^H430 that I may at once^H259 be avenged^H5358 of the Philistines^H6430 for my two^H8147 eyes.”^H5869

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:29

Jdg 16:29 - Samson^H8123 grasped^H3943 the two^H8147 middle^H8432 pillars^H5982 on which^H834 the house^H1004 rested,^H3559 and braced^H5564 himself against^H5921 them, the one^H259 with his right^H3225 hand^H3225 and the other^H259 with his left.^H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:30

Jdg 16:30 - And Samson^H8123 said,^H559 “Let me die^H4191 with the Philistines!”^H6430 And he bent^H5186 with [fn]all his might^H3581 so that the house^H1004 fell^H5307 on the lords^H5633 and all^H3605 the people^H5971 who^H834 were in it. So the dead^H4191 whom^H834 he killed^H4191 at his death^H4194 were more^H7227 than^H4480 those whom^H834 he killed^H4191 in his life.^H2416

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