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H8123

שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Shimshôwn · shim-shone'

Shimshon, an Israelite

Lexicon

Derivation: from H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); sunlight;

Shimshon, an Israelite

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

KJV renderings: Samson.

Letters

ש
Shin
מ
Mem
ש
Shin
ו
Vav
נ
Nun
  1. 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
  2. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  3. 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
  4. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
  5. נNun50

    Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water

    Concrete
    seed · sprout · fish · offspring
    Extended
    life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁמְשׁוֹן 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

38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms

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

  • and samson15 · 39%
  • samson8 · 21%
  • be upon thee, samson4 · 11%
  • to samson2 · 5%
  • unto samson2 · 5%
  • for samson2 · 5%
  • unto samson's1 · 3%
  • and samson's1 · 3%
  • but samson's1 · 3%
  • that samson1 · 3%
  • while samson1 · 3%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן10שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙5שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן5שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן3שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן2שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן2שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃2שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹן2שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן2שִׁמְשׁ֥וֹן1לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן1לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן1

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

Concordance