Shâʼûwl — H7586

H7586 · Hebrew — שאול

Pronunciation: shaw-ool'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

  1. Saul or Shaul = "desired"
  2. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel
  3. an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah
  4. a son of Simeon
  5. a Levite, son of Uzziah

Usually translated as

Saul, Shaul

Origin

passive participle of H7592; asked

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shâʼûwl occurs 400 times in 329 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (240), 2 Samuel (57), 1 Chronicles (26), Isaiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S