shemuel · Samuel

What it means

shemuel (שְׁמוּאֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Samuel”.

The name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."

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

• Numbers×1
• 1 Samuel×129
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Numbers 34:20

  of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel son of Ammihud;

• 1 Samuel 1:20

  And it happened, at the turn of the days, that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Samuel: “Because I asked for him from YHWH.”

• 1 Samuel 2:18

  But Samuel was ministering before YHWH, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

• 1 Samuel 2:21

  Indeed, YHWH attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up with YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 2:26

  And the boy Samuel went on growing and being good both with YHWH and with men.

• 1 Samuel 3:1

  And the boy Samuel was ministering to YHWH before Eli. And the word of YHWH was rare in those days; there was no vision breaking through.

• 1 Samuel 3:3

  and the lamp of Elohim had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of YHWH, where the ark of Elohim was,

• 1 Samuel 3:4

  YHWH called to Samuel, and he said, “Here I am.”

• 1 Samuel 3:6

  And YHWH called again, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”

• 1 Samuel 3:7

  Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, and the word of YHWH had not yet been revealed to him.

• 1 Samuel 3:8

  And YHWH called Samuel again, the third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli understood that YHWH was calling the boy.

• 1 Samuel 3:9

  And Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it will be that if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, YHWH, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

• 1 Samuel 3:10

  And YHWH came and stood there and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

• 1 Samuel 3:11

  And YHWH said to Samuel, “Look, I am doing a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

• 1 Samuel 3:15

  And Samuel lay until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of YHWH. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

• 1 Samuel 3:16

  But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

• 1 Samuel 3:18

  So Samuel told him all the words and did not hide anything from him. And he said, “He is YHWH; let him do what is good in his eyes.”

• 1 Samuel 3:19

  And Samuel grew up, and YHWH was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

• 1 Samuel 3:20

  And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 3:21

  And YHWH appeared again at Shiloh, for YHWH revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 4:1

  And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. And Israel went out to meet the Philistines for war; they camped beside Eben-ezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.

• 1 Samuel 7:3

  And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If with all your heart you are returning to YHWH, put away the foreign gods from among you, and the Astartes, and prepare your heart for YHWH and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

• 1 Samuel 7:5

  And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray for you to YHWH.”

• 1 Samuel 7:6

  So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before YHWH, and they fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against YHWH.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.

• 1 Samuel 7:8

  And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not keep silent from us by ceasing to cry out to YHWH our Elohim, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

• 1 Samuel 7:9

  So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it up as a burnt offering, whole, to YHWH; and Samuel cried out to YHWH for Israel, and YHWH answered him.

• 1 Samuel 7:10

  And it happened, as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, that the Philistines drew near for war against Israel; and YHWH thundered with a great voice on that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were struck down before Israel.

• 1 Samuel 7:12

  Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Eben-ezer, and said, “Until now YHWH has helped us.”

• 1 Samuel 7:13

  So the Philistines were subdued and did not again come into the territory of Israel; and the hand of YHWH was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

• 1 Samuel 7:15

  And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

• 1 Samuel 8:1

  And it happened, when Samuel grew old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

• 1 Samuel 8:4

  Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah

• 1 Samuel 8:6

  But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 8:7

  And YHWH said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for it is not you they have despised, but me they have despised from reigning over them.

• 1 Samuel 8:10

  So Samuel told all the words of YHWH to the people who were asking of him a king.

• 1 Samuel 8:19

  But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,

• 1 Samuel 8:21

  And Samuel heard all the words of the people and spoke them in the ears of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 8:22

  And YHWH said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and make them a king.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go, each one to his city.”

• 1 Samuel 9:14

  So they went up to the city. As they were coming into the middle of the city, there was Samuel coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place.

• 1 Samuel 9:15

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

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