H7586

שָׁאוּל

Shâʼûwl · shaw-ool'

Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: passive participle of H7592 (שָׁאַל); asked;

Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Saul, Shaul.

Letters

שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads

To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁאוּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

407 occurrences · 407 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and saul91 · 26%
of saul67 · 19%
saul63 · 18%
unto saul18 · 5%
to saul16 · 5%
saul's15 · 4%
that saul11 · 3%
then saul8 · 2%
and when saul7 · 2%
so saul7 · 2%
for saul6 · 2%
and saul's5 · 1%
but saul4 · 1%
of saul's4 · 1%
and shaul4 · 1%
against saul4 · 1%
when saul4 · 1%
from saul4 · 1%
therefore saul3 · 1%
upon saul3 · 1%
is saul3 · 1%
was upon saul2 · 1%
wherefore saul2 · 1%
that were with saul2 · 1%
and, behold, saul2 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שָׁא֔וּל75שָׁא֖וּל55שָׁאוּל֙47שָׁא֗וּל34שָׁא֑וּל30שָׁא֜וּל23שָׁא֣וּל21שָׁא֛וּל21שָׁאֽוּל׃16לְשָׁא֔וּל8וְשָׁא֗וּל5שָׁא֨וּל5

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.