Samaria
שֹׁמְרוֹןStrong’s H8111shomeron (sho-me-ron)
Appears in 101 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shomeron is the Hebrew word usually translated “samaria”, “from samaria” and “samaria towards”. It appears in 101 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 Samaria, shall surely come to pass.”
Meaning
- 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
- 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
How it's translated
- samaria 59
- in samaria 33
- from samaria 5
- to samaria 4
- samaria towards 3
- and samaria 2
- and more than samaria 1
- and from samaria 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 44
- 1 Kings 17
- 2 Chronicles 8
- Isaiah 7
- Ezekiel 6
- Hosea 6
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 16:24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
- 1 Kings 16:28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 16:29And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
- 1 Kings 16:32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 20:1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
All 101 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁמְרוֹן shomeron · Samaria
§ 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.