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שְׁמוּאֵל H8050
H8050 is the Hebrew word שְׁמוּאֵל, transliterated Shᵉmûwʼêl and said sehm-oo-ale'. The King James Version most often renders it samuel.
What it means
Shemuel, the name of three Israelites.
Where it comes from
from the passive participle of H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H410 (אֵל); heard of God.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 140 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Samuel, Shemuel.
Verses using שְׁמוּאֵל
The first 40 of 120 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 34:20 · KJV
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
1 Samuel 1:20 · KJV
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, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:18 · KJV
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 2:21 · KJV
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:26 · KJV
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
1 Samuel 3:1 · KJV
And the child Samuel 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 · KJV
And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
1 Samuel 3:4 · KJV
That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
1 Samuel 3:6 · KJV
And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. 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 3:7 · KJV
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
1 Samuel 3:8 · KJV
And the LORD called Samuel 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 · KJV
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 went and lay down in his place.
1 Samuel 3:10 · KJV
And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
1 Samuel 3:11 · KJV
And the LORD said to Samuel, 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 · KJV
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
1 Samuel 3:16 · KJV
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
1 Samuel 3:18 · KJV
And Samuel 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 · KJV
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
1 Samuel 3:20 · KJV
And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
1 Samuel 3:21 · KJV
And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
1 Samuel 4:1 · KJV
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
1 Samuel 7:3 · KJV
And Samuel 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 · KJV
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 7:6 · KJV
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 judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel 7:8 · KJV
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, 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 · KJV
And Samuel 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 7:10 · KJV
And as Samuel 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 · KJV
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
1 Samuel 7:13 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 7:15 · KJV
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
1 Samuel 8:1 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
1 Samuel 8:4 · KJV
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
1 Samuel 8:6 · KJV
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:7 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Samuel, 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 · KJV
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
1 Samuel 8:19 · KJV
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel 8:21 · KJV
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:22 · KJV
And the LORD said to Samuel, 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 9:14 · KJV
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
1 Samuel 9:15 · KJV
Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
Common questions
What does Strong's H8050 mean?
H8050 is the Hebrew word שְׁמוּאֵל (Shᵉmûwʼêl), meaning Shemuel, the name of three Israelites.
How is H8050 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it samuel (128 times), shemuel (3 times), now samuel (2 times), behold samuel (2 times), himself to samuel (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8050 appear in the Bible?
שְׁמוּאֵל (Shᵉmûwʼêl) is tagged in 120 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8050 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from the passive participle of H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H410 (אֵל); heard of God.
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