Samson
שִׁמְשׁוֹןStrong’s H8123shimshon (shim-shon)
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shimshon is the Hebrew word usually translated “samson” and “o samson”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.”
Meaning
- A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.13.24
How it's translated
- samson 33
- o samson 4
- to samson 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 37
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 14:1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:3Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
- Judges 14:5Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
- Judges 14:7And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
- Judges 14:10So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
- Judges 14:12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Hebrew dictionary
שִׁמְשׁוֹן shimshon · Samson
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.13.24; son of: Manoah (H4495); married to Delilah (H1807) Also named: Sampsōn (Σαμψών "Samson" G4546) § Samson = "like the sun" a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years
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.