Shômᵉrôwn — H8111

Definition

locative proper noun

Shomeron, a place in Palestine

1. Samaria = "watch mountain"
2. 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
3. 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

Usually translated as

Samaria

Origin

from the active participle of H8104; watch-station

• Derived from Shâmar (H8104)

Greek equivalents

• Samáreia (G4540)

Occurrences

Shômᵉrôwn occurs 109 times in 101 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (17), 2 Kings (44), 2 Chronicles (8), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (6), Hosea (6), Amos (5), Obadiah (1), Micah (3)

• 1 Kings 13:32 — For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן), shall surely come to pass.
• 1 Kings 16:24 — And he bought the hill Samaria (שֹׁמְר֛וֹן) 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 16:24 — And 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 (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 16:28 — So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן): and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 16:29 — And 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 (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן) twenty and two years.
• 1 Kings 16:32 — And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 18:2 — And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 20:1 — And Ben-hadad 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 (שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן), and warred against it.
• 1 Kings 20:10 — And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria (שֹׁמְר֔וֹן) shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
• 1 Kings 20:17 — And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria (מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 20:34 — And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן). Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
• 1 Kings 20:43 — And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה).
• 1 Kings 21:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 21:18 — Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן): behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
• 1 Kings 22:10 — And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria (שֹׁמְר֑וֹן); and all the prophets prophesied before them.
• 1 Kings 22:37 — So the king died, and was brought to Samaria (שֹׁמְר֑וֹן); and they buried the king in Samaria.
• 1 Kings 22:37 — So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 22:38 — And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria (שֹׁמְר֗וֹן); and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
• 1 Kings 22:51 — Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן) the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
• 2 Kings 1:2 — And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן), and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
• 2 Kings 1:3 — But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria (שֹׁמְר֑וֹן), and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
• 2 Kings 2:25 — And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 2 Kings 3:1 — Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן) the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
• 2 Kings 3:6 — And king Jehoram went out of Samaria (מִשֹּׁמְר֑וֹן) the same time, and numbered all Israel.
• 2 Kings 5:3 — And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן)! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
• 2 Kings 6:19 — And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה).
• 2 Kings 6:20 — And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria (שֹׁמְרוֹן֒), that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
• 2 Kings 6:20 — And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 2 Kings 6:24 — And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 2 Kings 6:25 — And there was a great famine in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן): and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
• 2 Kings 7:1 — Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 2 Kings 7:18 — And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹן):
• 2 Kings 10:1 — And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן). And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
• 2 Kings 10:1 — And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria (שֹׁמְר֗וֹן), unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
• 2 Kings 10:12 — And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria (שֹׁמְר֑וֹן). And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
• 2 Kings 10:17 — And when he came to Samaria (שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן), he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
• 2 Kings 10:17 — And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן), till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
• 2 Kings 10:35 — And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן). And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 10:36 — And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן) was twenty and eight years.
• 2 Kings 13:1 — In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן), and reigned seventeen years.
• 2 Kings 13:6 — Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן).)
• 2 Kings 13:9 — And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן): and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 13:10 — In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן), and reigned sixteen years.
• 2 Kings 13:13 — And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן) with the kings of Israel.
• 2 Kings 14:14 — And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria (שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה).
• 2 Kings 14:16 — And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן) with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 14:23 — In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria (בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן), and reigned forty and one years.
• 2 Kings 15:8 — In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן) six months.
• 2 Kings 15:13 — Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria (בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן).
• 2 Kings 15:14 — For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria (שֹׁמְר֔וֹן), and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.