This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
Definition
passive participle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
Traditional renderings: Saul, Shaul.
Traditional renderings: Saul, Shaul.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
406 total
- Genesis 36:37שָׁא֖וּל · ShaulWhen Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:38שָׁא֑וּל · When ShaulWhen Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- Genesis 46:10וְשָׁא֖וּל · and ShaulThe sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
- Exodus 6:15וְשָׁא֖וּל · and ShaulThe sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
- Numbers 26:13לְשָׁא֕וּל · from Shaul…the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
- 1 Samuel 9:2שָׁאוּל֙ · SaulAnd he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 9:3 (2×)שָׁא֑וּל · of Saul’s; שָׁא֣וּל · SaulOne day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
- 1 Samuel 9:5וְשָׁא֥וּל · SaulWhen they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
- 1 Samuel 9:7שָׁא֜וּל · Saul“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
- 1 Samuel 9:8שָׁא֔וּל · [him]The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
- 1 Samuel 9:10שָׁא֧וּל · Saul“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
- 1 Samuel 9:15שָׁא֖וּל · Saul’sNow on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
- 1 Samuel 9:17שָׁא֑וּל · SaulWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
- 1 Samuel 9:18שָׁא֛וּל · SaulSaul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
- 1 Samuel 9:19שָׁא֗וּל“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
- 1 Samuel 9:21שָׁא֜וּל · SaulSaul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
- 1 Samuel 9:22שָׁא֣וּל · SaulThen Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
- 1 Samuel 9:24 (2×)שָׁא֗וּל · Saul; שָׁא֛וּל · So SaulSo the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.
- 1 Samuel 9:25שָׁא֖וּל · SaulAnd after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
- 1 Samuel 9:26 (2×)שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul; שָׁא֗וּל · So SaulThey got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
- 1 Samuel 9:27שָׁא֗וּל · SaulAs they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.
- 1 Samuel 10:11שָׁא֖וּל · Is SaulWhen all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
- 1 Samuel 10:12שָׁא֖וּל · Is SaulThen a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
- 1 Samuel 10:14שָׁא֥וּל · Now Saul’sNow Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
- 1 Samuel 10:15שָׁא֑וּל · Saul’s“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
- 1 Samuel 10:16שָׁאוּל֙ · And SaulAnd Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
- 1 Samuel 10:21שָׁא֣וּל · Finally, SaulThen he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
- 1 Samuel 10:26שָׁא֔וּל · SaulSaul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- 1 Samuel 11:4שָׁא֔וּל · of SaulWhen the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- 1 Samuel 11:5 (2×)שָׁא֗וּל · Saul; שָׁא֔וּל · SaulJust then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:6שָׁא֔וּל · himWhen Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
- 1 Samuel 11:7שָׁאוּל֙ · SaulHe took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
- 1 Samuel 11:11שָׁא֣וּל · SaulThe next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
- 1 Samuel 11:12שָׁא֖וּל · that SaulThen the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- 1 Samuel 11:13שָׁא֔וּל · But SaulBut Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 11:15 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · confirmed Saul; שָׁא֛וּל · and SaulSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 13:1שָׁא֣וּל · SaulSaul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 13:2 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · [He]; שָׁא֜וּל · SaulHe chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 13:3וְשָׁאוּל֩ · So SaulThen Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- 1 Samuel 13:4 (2×)שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul; שָׁא֖וּל · to join SaulAnd all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:7וְשָׁאוּל֙ · Saul, howeverSome Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
- 1 Samuel 13:9שָׁא֔וּל · So [he]So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 13:10שָׁא֛וּל · and SaulJust as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.