שְׁמוּאֵל

she.mu.elSamuel
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man140 occurrences6 books120 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
  • Samuel: Prophet and last judge of Israel before the kings
  • Shemuel: Son of Tola, a leader of Issachar
  • Shemuel: Simeonite leader for land allotment

Definition

from the passive participle of H8085 and H410; heard of God; Shemuël, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Samuel, Shemuel.

Glossary entries

Samuel (Person) Shemuel

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

140 total
  1. 1 Samuel 9:18שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
  2. 1 Samuel 9:19שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · Samuel
    “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.
  3. 1 Samuel 9:22שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Then Samuel
    Then 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.
  4. 1 Samuel 9:23שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · And Samuel
    And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”
  5. 1 Samuel 9:24שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    So 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.
  6. 1 Samuel 9:26 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל · Samuel; וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · and Samuel
    They 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.
  7. 1 Samuel 9:27וּשְׁמוּאֵ֞ל · Samuel
    As 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.
  8. 1 Samuel 10:1שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
  9. 1 Samuel 10:9שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel
    As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
  10. 1 Samuel 10:14שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ · Samuel
    Now 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.”
  11. 1 Samuel 10:15שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ · did Samuel
    “Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
  12. 1 Samuel 10:16שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃פ · Samuel
    And 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.
  13. 1 Samuel 10:17שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · After this, Samuel
    After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
  14. 1 Samuel 10:20שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Thus Samuel
    Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
  15. 1 Samuel 10:24שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · Samuel
    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
  16. 1 Samuel 10:25 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · Then Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · And Samuel
    Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
  17. 1 Samuel 11:7שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · and Samuel
    He 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.
  18. 1 Samuel 11:12שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel
    Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
  19. 1 Samuel 11:14שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
  20. 1 Samuel 12:1שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
  21. 1 Samuel 12:6שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
  22. 1 Samuel 12:11שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · and Samuel
    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
  23. 1 Samuel 12:18 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · So Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ · Samuel
    So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  24. 1 Samuel 12:19שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Samuel
    They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
  25. 1 Samuel 12:20שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל · Samuel
    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  26. 1 Samuel 13:8 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · but Samuel
    And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
  27. 1 Samuel 13:10שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
  28. 1 Samuel 13:11שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  29. 1 Samuel 13:13שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · Samuel
    “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
  30. 1 Samuel 13:15שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
  31. 1 Samuel 15:1שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
  32. 1 Samuel 15:10שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
  33. 1 Samuel 15:11לִשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · And Samuel
    “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
  34. 1 Samuel 15:12 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · Samuel; לִשְׁמוּאֵ֜ל
    Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
  35. 1 Samuel 15:13שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · When Samuel
    When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
  36. 1 Samuel 15:14שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · But Samuel
    But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
  37. 1 Samuel 15:16שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel
    “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
  38. 1 Samuel 15:17שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · And Samuel
    And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
  39. 1 Samuel 15:20שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל
    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
  40. 1 Samuel 15:22שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · But Samuel
    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
  41. 1 Samuel 15:24שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel
    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  42. 1 Samuel 15:26שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel
    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
  43. 1 Samuel 15:27שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · As Samuel
    As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
  44. 1 Samuel 15:28שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · So Samuel
    So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
  45. 1 Samuel 15:31שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · So Samuel
    So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.