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Samson

Son of Manoah, of the tribe of Dan, Judges xiii, 2, &c. We are no where acquainted with the name of his mother. Samson is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “his sun; his service; there the second time.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H8123, G4546
Hebrew
שִׁמְשׁוֹן · Shimshôwn
Greek
Σαμψών · Sampsōn
Name meaning
his sun; his service; there the second time According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Σαμψών

G4546
Transliteration
Sampsōn
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Samson

Lexicon definition

Σαμψών, ὁ indecl. (Heb. שִׁמְשׁוֹן), Samson (Jdg.13:1-25 ff.): Heb.11:32.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שִׁמְשׁוֹן

H8123
Transliteration
Shimshôwn
Pronunciation
shim-shone'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
38

Glosses

Samson.

Lexicon definition

Shimshon, an Israelite

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Samson

his sun; his service; there the second time

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

SAMSON

son of Manoah, of the tribe of Dan, Judges xiii, 2, &c. We are no where acquainted with the name of his mother. He was born, A. M. 2849, and was a Nazarite from his infancy, by the divine command. He was brought up in a place called the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Estaol, Judges xiii, 25. His extraordinary achievements are particularly recorded in Judges xiv-xvi. “Faith” is attributed to him by St. Paul, though whether he retained it to the end of his life may be doubted. He is not inaptly called by an old writer, “a rough believer.”

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Samson

Indexed occurrences: 47

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All Scripture references52 references

Judges 51

Judges 13:2Judges 13:24Judges 14:1Judges 14:3Judges 14:5Judges 14:7Judges 14:8Judges 14:10Judges 14:12Judges 14:15Judges 14:16Judges 14:18Judges 14:19Judges 14:20Judges 15:1Judges 15:3Judges 15:4Judges 15:6Judges 15:7Judges 15:10Judges 15:11Judges 15:12Judges 15:13Judges 15:14Judges 15:16Judges 15:17Judges 15:18Judges 15:19Judges 15:20Judges 16:1Judges 16:2Judges 16:3Judges 16:4Judges 16:6Judges 16:7Judges 16:9Judges 16:10Judges 16:12Judges 16:13Judges 16:14Judges 16:17Judges 16:20Judges 16:21Judges 16:23Judges 16:25Judges 16:26Judges 16:27Judges 16:28Judges 16:29Judges 16:30Judges 16:31

Hebrews 1

Hebrews 11:32

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Samson

Meaning:
his sun; his service; there the second time

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 8

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SAMSON

Nave’s Topical Bible references for SAMSON.

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Dictionary

Bee

First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a "swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg. 14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the "fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.

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Jaw-bone

Of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. 15:15), in which he slew a thousand men. In verse 19 the Authorized Version reads, "God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout." This is a mis-translation of the words. The rendering should be as in the Revised Version, "God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi," etc., Lehi (q.v.) being the name of the hill where this conflict was waged, possibly so called because it was in shape like a jaw-bone.

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Riddle

(Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there called a "riddle." It was rather, however, an allegory. The word "darkly" in 1 Cor. 13:12 is the rendering of the Greek enigma; marg., "in a riddle."

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Samson

his sun; his service; there the second time

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Timnite

A man of Timnah. Samson's father-in-law is so styled (Judg. 15:6).

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