Shᵉmûwʼêl — H8050

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shemuel, the name of three Israelites

1. Samuel = "his name is El"
2. son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David
3. son Ammihud and the prince of the tribe of Simeon who was chosen to divide the land of Canaan between the tribes. Spelled 'Shemuel'
4. son of Tola and grandson of Issachar. Spelled 'Shemuel'

Usually translated as

Samuel, Shemuel

Origin

from the passive participle of H8085 and H410; heard of God

• Derived from Shâmaʻ (H8085)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Greek equivalents

• Samouḗl (G4545)

Occurrences

Shᵉmûwʼêl occurs 140 times in 120 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (109), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Numbers 34:20 — And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) the son of Ammihud.
• 1 Samuel 1:20 — Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל), saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 2:18 — But Samuel (וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל) ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 2:21 — And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) grew before the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 2:26 — And the child Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל) grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
• 1 Samuel 3:1 — And the child Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל) ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
• 1 Samuel 3:3 — And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel (וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) was laid down to sleep;
• 1 Samuel 3:4 — That the LORD called Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל): and he answered, Here am I.
• 1 Samuel 3:6 — And the LORD called yet again, Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֒). And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
• 1 Samuel 3:6 — And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
• 1 Samuel 3:7 — Now Samuel (וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל) did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
• 1 Samuel 3:8 — And the LORD called Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֮) again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
• 1 Samuel 3:9 — Therefore Eli said unto Samuel (לִשְׁמוּאֵל֮), Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
• 1 Samuel 3:9 — Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל) went and lay down in his place.
• 1 Samuel 3:10 — And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל), Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
• 1 Samuel 3:10 — And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל). Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
• 1 Samuel 3:10 — And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
• 1 Samuel 3:11 — And the LORD said to Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל), Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
• 1 Samuel 3:15 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
• 1 Samuel 3:15 — And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel (וּשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל) feared to shew Eli the vision.
• 1 Samuel 3:16 — Then Eli called Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל), and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
• 1 Samuel 3:16 — Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל), my son. And he answered, Here am I.
• 1 Samuel 3:18 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
• 1 Samuel 3:19 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל) grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
• 1 Samuel 3:20 — And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל) was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 3:21 — And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל) in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 4:1 — And the word of Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
• 1 Samuel 7:3 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל) spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 7:5 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל) said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל) judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
• 1 Samuel 7:8 — And the children of Israel said to Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל), Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 7:9 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל) took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
• 1 Samuel 7:9 — And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל) cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
• 1 Samuel 7:10 — And as Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
• 1 Samuel 7:12 — Then Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל) took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
• 1 Samuel 7:13 — So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵֽל).
• 1 Samuel 7:15 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) judged Israel all the days of his life.
• 1 Samuel 8:1 — And it came to pass, when Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל) was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
• 1 Samuel 8:4 — Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) unto Ramah,
• 1 Samuel 8:6 — But the thing displeased Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל), when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 8:6 — But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) prayed unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 8:7 — And the LORD said unto Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל), Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
• 1 Samuel 8:10 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל) told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
• 1 Samuel 8:19 — Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל); and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
• 1 Samuel 8:21 — And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל) heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 8:22 — And the LORD said to Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙), Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
• 1 Samuel 8:22 — And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
• 1 Samuel 9:14 — And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵל֙) came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
• 1 Samuel 9:15 — Now the LORD had told Samuel (שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל) in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
• 1 Samuel 9:17 — And when Samuel (וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל) saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.