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 15:32שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
  2. 1 Samuel 15:33 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · But Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֧ל · And Samuel
    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:34שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  4. 1 Samuel 15:35 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  5. 1 Samuel 16:1שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Samuel
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  6. 1 Samuel 16:2שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel
    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  7. 1 Samuel 16:4שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · So Samuel
    So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
  8. 1 Samuel 16:7שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · Samuel
    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
  9. 1 Samuel 16:8שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · Samuel
    Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
  10. 1 Samuel 16:10 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · but Samuel
    Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
  11. 1 Samuel 16:11 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · And Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל · Samuel
    And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
  12. 1 Samuel 16:13 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל · So Samuel; שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Then Samuel
    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
  13. 1 Samuel 19:18 (2×)שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Samuel; וּשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · and Samuel
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
  14. 1 Samuel 19:20וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל · with Samuel
    …he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
  15. 1 Samuel 19:22שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · are Samuel
    Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
  16. 1 Samuel 19:24שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel
    Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  17. 1 Samuel 25:1שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · When Samuel
    When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
  18. 1 Samuel 28:3וּשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · Now by this time Samuel
    Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
  19. 1 Samuel 28:11שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל · Samuel
    “Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.
  20. 1 Samuel 28:12שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel
    But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
  21. 1 Samuel 28:14שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · was Samuel
    “What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
  22. 1 Samuel 28:15שְׁמוּאֵל֙ · Then Samuel
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  23. 1 Samuel 28:16שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל · Samuel
    “Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
  24. 1 Samuel 28:20שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל · of Samuel
    Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
  25. 1 Chronicles 6:28שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל · of Samuel
    The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
  26. 1 Chronicles 6:33שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ · of Samuel
    These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
  27. 1 Chronicles 7:2וּשְׁמוּאֵ֗ל · and Shemuel
    The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
  28. 1 Chronicles 9:22וּשְׁמוּאֵ֥ל · and Samuel
    The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
  29. 1 Chronicles 11:3שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ס · Samuel
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
  30. 1 Chronicles 26:28שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל · by Samuel
    Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
  31. 1 Chronicles 29:29שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · of Samuel
    Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
  32. 2 Chronicles 35:18שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל · of Samuel
    No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
  33. Psalm 99:6וּ֭שְׁמוּאֵל · Samuel
    Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
  34. Jeremiah 15:1וּשְׁמוּאֵל֙ · and Samuel
    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!