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Strong's #8123 - שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Transliteration
Shimshôwn
Phonetics
shim-shone'
Origin
from (H8121)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists
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
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


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
 
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