shaul · Saul

What it means

shaul (שָׁאוּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Saul”.

The name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×1
• 1 Samuel×297
• 2 Samuel×66
• 1 Chronicles×32
• Psalms×5
• Isaiah×1

• Genesis 36:37

  Samlah died, and Saul from Rehoboth on the River reigned in his place.

• Genesis 36:38

  Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.

• Genesis 46:10

  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul, the son of the Canaanite woman.

• Exodus 6:15

  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul, the son of the Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

• Numbers 26:13

  of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Saul, the family of the Saulites.

• 1 Samuel 9:2

  He had a son whose name was Saul, a young man and handsome; there was no man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than all the people.

• 1 Samuel 9:3

  Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost, and Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, please, and get up, go, look for the donkeys.”

• 1 Samuel 9:5

  When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his young man who was with him, “Come, let us go back, or else my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and worry about us.”

• 1 Samuel 9:7

  And Saul said to his young man, “But look, if we go, then what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sacks, and there is no gift to bring to the man of Elohim. What do we have?”

• 1 Samuel 9:8

  And the young man answered Saul again and said, “Look, there is found in my hand a quarter of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of Elohim, and he will tell us our way.”

• 1 Samuel 9:10

  And Saul said to his young man, “Your word is good; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of Elohim was.

• 1 Samuel 9:15

  Now YHWH had made known to Samuel, one day before Saul came, saying,

• 1 Samuel 9:17

  When Samuel saw Saul, YHWH answered him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! This one will have command over my people.”

• 1 Samuel 9:18

  And Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate and said, “Tell me, please, where is the house of the seer?”

• 1 Samuel 9:19

  And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place, and you shall eat with me today; and in the morning I will send you off and tell you all that is in your heart.

• 1 Samuel 9:21

  And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my clan is the least of all the clans of the tribes of Benjamin. Why then have you spoken to me a word like this?”

• 1 Samuel 9:22

  And Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, and they were about thirty men.

• 1 Samuel 9:24

  And the cook lifted up the thigh and what was on it and set it before Saul. And he said, “Look, what has been kept back! Set it before you and eat, for it has been kept for you for the appointed time, since I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

• 1 Samuel 9:25

  And they came down from the high place to the city, and he spoke with Saul on the roof.

• 1 Samuel 9:26

  And they rose early; and it happened, as the dawn came up, that Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, “Get up, and I will send you off.” So Saul got up, and the two of them, he and Samuel, went out outside.

• 1 Samuel 9:27

  As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the young man to pass on ahead of us” (and he passed on), “but you stand still now, and I will let you hear the word of Elohim.”

• 1 Samuel 10:11

  And it happened, when all who knew him before saw that he was prophesying with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

• 1 Samuel 10:12

  And a man from there answered and said, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

• 1 Samuel 10:14

  And Saul’s uncle said to him and to his young man, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys; and when we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.”

• 1 Samuel 10:15

  And Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you.”

• 1 Samuel 10:16

  And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But the matter of the kingship, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him.

• 1 Samuel 10:21

  And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken; and Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not found.

• 1 Samuel 10:26

  Saul also went to his house at Gibeah, and there went with him the valiant men whose hearts Elohim had touched.

• 1 Samuel 11:4

  The messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke the words in the ears of the people, and all the people raised their voice and wept.

• 1 Samuel 11:5

  And look, Saul was coming behind the oxen from the field, and Saul said, “What is wrong with the people that they are weeping?” And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

• 1 Samuel 11:6

  The spirit of Elohim came mightily upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger burned greatly.

• 1 Samuel 11:7

  He took a yoke of oxen and cut it in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” And the dread of YHWH fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.

• 1 Samuel 11:11

  And it came about on the next day that Saul put the people in three groups, and they came into the midst of the camp in the watch of the morning, and they struck Ammon until the heat of the day. And those who remained scattered, and not two of them were left together.

• 1 Samuel 11:12

  The people said to Samuel, “Who is the one who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Give us the men, and we will put them to death.”

• 1 Samuel 11:13

  Saul said, “No man shall be put to death on this day, for today YHWH has worked salvation in Israel.”

• 1 Samuel 11:15

  All the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before YHWH in Gilgal, and they sacrificed there sacrifices of peace offerings before YHWH, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

• 1 Samuel 13:1

  Saul was a year old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

• 1 Samuel 13:2

  Saul chose for himself three thousand from Israel; two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent away, each to his tents.

• 1 Samuel 13:3

  Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”

• 1 Samuel 13:4

  All Israel heard it said, “Saul has struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also Israel has become odious to the Philistines.” And the people were summoned after Saul at Gilgal.

And 366 more times.