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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8123 - שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Transliteration

Shimshôwn

Phonetics

shim-shone'

Origin

from (H8121)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (38)

Judges 38

BSB (38)

Judges 38

CSB (38)

Judges 38

ESV (38)

Judges 38

KJV (38)

Judges 38

LEB (38)

Judges 38

LSB (38)

Judges 38

N95 (38)

Judges 38

NAS (38)

Judges 38

NLT (0)

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

WEB (38)

Judges 38

ASV (38)

and samson 16

and samson's 1

are upon thee, samson 4

but samson's 1

for samson 2

samson 7

that samson 1

to samson 2

unto samson 2

unto samson's 1

while samson 1

BSB (38)

and his 1

and samson 3

because 1

but samson 2

for samson 1

it was samson 1

one day samson 2

samson 21

then samson 4

then samson''s 1

to samson''s 1

CSB (38)

he 2

his 1

samson 33

samson's 2

ESV (38)

samson 34

samson's 4

KJV (38)

samson 35

samson's 3

LEB (38)

and samson 11

and samson's 2

but samson 2

him samson 1

s 1

samson 16

samson the son 1

samson⌋ 1

then samson 1

to samson 1

you samson 1

LSB (38)

samson 35

samson's 3

N95 (38)

samson 35

samson's 3

NAS (38)

samson 35

samson's 3

NLT (0)

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

WEB (38)

and samson 2

for samson 2

samson 21

that samson 1

to samson 4

while samson 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שִׁמְשׁוֺן₃₈ 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 14:1,335t. Judges 14; Judges 15; 16

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שִׁמְשׁוֹן (“solar,” “like the sun”), Samson, pr.n. of a judge of Israel, celebrated for his great strength, Judges 13:24, seqq. LXX. Σαμψών, which Josephus (Antiqu. v. 10 ) explains ἰσχυρός, contrary to the etymology (see Gesch. der Heb. Spr. page 81, 82).

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List of Word Forms

לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן לְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן לשמשון שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹן שִׁמְשׁ֥וֹן שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ שמשון שמשון׃ lə·šim·šō·wn leshimShon ləšimšōwn shimShon šim·šō·wn šimšōwn