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Strong's #7586 - שָׁאוּל

Transliteration

Shâʼûwl

Phonetics

shaw-ool'

Origin

pass part of (H7592)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (396)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 294

2 Samuel 64

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

BSB (398)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 297

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 32

Psalms 5

Isaiah 1

CSB (389)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 287

2 Samuel 65

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

ESV (400)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 297

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

KJV (397)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 290

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 30

Psalms 5

Isaiah 1

LEB (395)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 287

2 Samuel 65

1 Chronicles 32

Psalms 5

Isaiah 1

LSB (400)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 296

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

N95 (400)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 296

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

NAS (401)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 296

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (400)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 296

2 Samuel 66

1 Chronicles 32

Isaiah 1

ASV (396)

against saul 4

and it came to pass, when saul 1

and it came to pass, while saul 1

and saul 96

and saul's 4

and shaul 7

and that saul 2

and there saul 1

and there they made saul 1

and when saul 9

and, behold, saul 2

behold, saul 2

between us and saul 1

but as for saul 1

but saul 1

but with saul 1

even unto saul 1

even when saul 1

for saul 7

from saul 4

from saul's 1

him all that saul 1

if saul 1

is saul 3

it from saul 1

it is for saul 1

may be against him. wherefore saul 1

me? for thou art saul 1

mightily upon saul 2

now saul 4

now when saul 1

of it. and saul 1

of saul 68

of saul's 4

of shaul 1

out of saul's 1

over saul 1

saul 56

saul's 12

shall saul 1

shaul 1

so saul 6

that belonged to saul 1

that he had made saul 1

that saul 11

that were with him: now saul 1

that were with saul 2

then saul 7

then saul's 1

therefore saul 4

they were of saul's 1

thou that saul 1

to saul 16

unto saul 18

unto thee; and that also saul 1

unto them: and saul 1

upon saul 1

was saul 1

was upon saul 2

were with saul 1

what saul 1

when saul 1

where saul 2

wherefore saul 1

whithersoever saul 1

will saul 1

with me to saul 1

with saul 1

BSB (398)

- 8

about saul 1

after saul 1

against 1

against saul 1

and he 3

and of saul''s 1

and saul 22

and saul''s 1

and shaul 4

and that his 1

and they were saul''s 1

and when saul 2

are saul 1

are with saul 1

as saul 1

at that time saul 1

but saul 7

but when saul''s 1

by saul''s head 1

confirmed saul 1

finally, saul 1

for saul 1

from saul 1

from shaul 1

he 4

he had made saul 1

him 5

his 1

i have made saul 1

is saul 3

meanwhile, saul 2

now saul 2

now saul''s 2

now when saul''s 1

of saul 47

of saul''s 8

of saul''s robe 1

only saul 1

saul 144

saul''s 20

saul, however 1

shaul 2

shed by saul 1

so he 1

so saul 21

so whenever he 1

soon saul 1

that saul 1

then he 1

then saul 27

then saul''s 1

therefore saul 2

though saul 1

to join saul 1

to saul 14

to turn saul''s 1

was saul 1

when saul 6

when shaul 2

while saul 3

will saul 1

CSB (389)

he 7

him 4

his 2

of saul 3

saul 308

saul's 56

shaul 9

ESV (400)

saul 362

saul's 29

shaul 9

KJV (397)

saul 359

saul's 31

shaul 7

LEB (395)

⌊now saul 1

⌊then saul 1

and saul 22

and saul's 1

and shaul 5

and they made saul 1

are saul 1

because saul 1

before saul 2

but ⌊saul 1

but saul 5

but when saul 1

consulted 1

for himself 1

for saul 2

he made saul 1

him before saul 1

however, saul 1

i made saul 1

if saul 1

is saul 3

it before saul 2

it to saul 1

now saul 8

now saul's 2

now when saul 1

of saul 4

of shaul 1

s 6

s head 1

saul 210

saul at the cost of 1

saul over 1

saul was 1

saul⌋ 1

saul's 1

shaul 2

so saul 29

so saul's 1

the presence of saul 1

then saul 42

then saul's 1

this on oath to saul 1

to saul 9

was saul 1

when saul 8

when shaul 1

whenever saul 1

while saul 1

will saul 2

LSB (400)

saul 357

saul's 34

shaul 9

N95 (400)

saul 357

saul's 34

shaul 9

NAS (401)

saul 356

saul's 36

shaul 9

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (400)

against saul 4

and saul 21

and shaul 5

and that saul 2

and there saul 1

and there they made saul 1

and when saul 1

between us and saul 1

but as for saul 1

but saul 1

but with saul 1

even to saul 1

even when saul 1

for saul 7

from saul 4

him all that saul 1

if saul 1

is saul 3

it from saul 1

it is for saul 1

mightily on saul 2

nevertheless saul 1

now saul 4

now when saul 1

of saul 69

of shaul 1

on saul 1

over saul 1

saul 121

shaul 3

so saul 6

that he had made saul 1

that saul 11

then saul 14

therefore saul 5

to saul 34

was on saul 2

was saul 1

were with saul 1

what saul 1

when saul 9

where saul 2

wherever saul 1

who belonged to saul 1

who were with saul 2

will saul 1

with me to saul 1

with saul 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שָׁאוּל proper name, masculine ( = asked (of ׳י), cf שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל below; Palmyrene proper name שאילא Lzb³⁷¹ Cooke²⁸³); — Σαονλ:

1₃₉₇ 1st king of Israel, 1 Samuel 9:2,3(twice in verse); 1 Samuel 9:5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359t. Samuel; 28t. 1Chronicles; 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁאוּל (“asked for,” compare 1 Samuel 8:4, seq.) Saul, [Shaul], pr.n.

(1) of the first Israelite king, of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Samuel 9:2, seq.

(2) of a king of the Edomites, Genesis 36:37.

(3) of a son of Simeon, 46:10.

(4) 1 Chronicles 6:9. From 3 is patron. שָׁאוּלִי [Shaulites], Numbers 26:13.

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List of Word Forms

אול וְשָׁא֖וּל וְשָׁא֗וּל וְשָׁא֛וּל וְשָׁא֞וּל וְשָׁא֣וּל וְשָׁא֤וּל וְשָׁא֥וּל וְשָׁאוּל֙ וְשָׁאוּל֩ וּלְשָׁא֣וּל ולשאול ושאול לְשָׁ֫א֥וּל לְשָׁא֑וּל לְשָׁא֔וּל לְשָׁא֕וּל לְשָׁא֖וּל לְשָׁא֗וּל לְשָׁא֜וּל לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ לְשָׁאוּל֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה למלחמה לשאול לשאול׃ מִשָּׁא֖וּל משאול שָׁ֝א֗וּל שָׁ֠אוּל שָׁא֑וּל שָׁא֔וּל שָׁא֖וּל שָׁא֗וּל שָׁא֛וּל שָׁא֜וּל שָׁא֞וּל שָׁא֟וּל שָׁא֡וּל שָׁא֣וּל שָׁא֤וּל שָׁא֥וּל שָׁא֧וּל שָׁא֨וּל שָׁאֽוּל׃ שָׁאוּל֒ שָׁאוּל֙ שָׁאוּל֩ שאול שאול׃ ’ūl lam·mil·ḥā·māh lammilchaMah lammilḥāmāh lə·šā·’ūl ləšā’ūl leshaUl miš·šā·’ūl mishshaUl miššā’ūl šā’ūl šā·’ūl shaUl ū·lə·šā·’ūl ul ūləšā’ūl uleshaUl veshaUl wə·šā·’ūl wəšā’ūl