This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from the passive participle of H8085 and H410; heard of God; Shemuël, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Samuel, Shemuel.
Traditional renderings: Samuel, Shemuel.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
140 total
- Numbers 34:20שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · ShemuelShemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;
- 1 Samuel 1:20שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · SamuelSo in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
- 1 Samuel 2:18וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל · Now SamuelNow Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 2:21שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · SamuelSo the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 2:26שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · SamuelAnd the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
- 1 Samuel 3:1שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · SamuelAnd the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
- 1 Samuel 3:3וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · SamuelBefore the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
- 1 Samuel 3:4שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · to SamuelThen the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
- 1 Samuel 3:6 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵל֒ · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · So SamuelOnce again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
- 1 Samuel 3:7וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל · Now SamuelNow Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
- 1 Samuel 3:8שְׁמוּאֵל֮ · to SamuelOnce again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
- 1 Samuel 3:9 (2×)לִשְׁמוּאֵל֮ · to Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · So Samuel“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
- 1 Samuel 3:10 (3×)שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל׀ · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · And SamuelThen the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
- 1 Samuel 3:11שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · SamuelThen the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
- 1 Samuel 3:15 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel; וּשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · HeSamuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
- 1 Samuel 3:16 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · to him; שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · Samuel…but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 3:18שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · So SamuelSo Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
- 1 Samuel 3:19שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · And SamuelAnd Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 3:20שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · SamuelSo all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 3:21שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · SamuelAnd the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
- 1 Samuel 4:1שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · of SamuelThus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 7:3שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Then SamuelThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:5שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Then SamuelThen Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- 1 Samuel 7:6שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · And SamuelWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 7:8שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel…and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:9 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Then Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל · HeThen Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
- 1 Samuel 7:10שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · SamuelAs the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:12שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · Afterward, SamuelAfterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 7:13שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ · of SamuelSo the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 7:15שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · So SamuelSo Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- 1 Samuel 8:1שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · SamuelWhen Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:4שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · SamuelSo all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 8:6 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · of Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · so heBut when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:7שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · SamuelAnd the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
- 1 Samuel 8:10שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · So SamuelSo Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
- 1 Samuel 8:19שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · to SamuelNevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
- 1 Samuel 8:21שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · SamuelSamuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:22 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Then Samuel“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 9:14שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · SamuelSo Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:15שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · to SamuelNow on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
- 1 Samuel 9:17וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · When SamuelWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”