Σαμάρεια [on the accent cf. Chandler 8104; Β. 17 (15); -ia T WH (see Tf. Proleg. p. 87; ef. 1,4}; on the forms see Abbot in B.D. Am. ed. s. v.], -as [ef. B. u. 5.1, ἡ [cf. W. § 18, ὅ 8.1, (Hebr. 1) γον, Chald. }.pw pron. Scha-! me-ra-in, Assyr. Samirina), [on the deriv. see B. 1). s. v.}, Samaria ; 1. the name of a city built by Omri king of Israel (1 K. xvi. 24), on a mountain of the same name (5 70, Am. vi. 1), situated in the tribe of Ephraim; it was the capital of the whole region and the residence of the kings of Israel. After having been besieged three years by Shalmaneser [IV.], king of Assyria, it was taken and doubtless devastated by Sargon, his son and successor, B.C. 722, who deported the ten tribes of Israel and supplied their place with other settlers; 2 K. xvii. 5 sq. 24 sq.; xviii. 9 sqq. After its restoration, it was utterly destroyed by John Hyrcanus the Jewish prince and high-priest (see next word). Long afterwards rebuilt once more, it was given by Augustus to Herod [the Great], by whom it was named in honor of Augustus Sebaste, i.e. Augusta, (Strab. lib. 16, Ρ. 760; Joseph. antt. 15, 7, 8; 8,5). It is now an obscure village bearing the name of Sebustieh or Sebastiyeh (cf. Badeker, Paliistina, p. 354 sqq. [Eng. trans. p. 340 sqq-; Murray, Undbk. Pt. ii. p. 329 sqq.]). It is mentioned, Acts viii. 5 L T WH, εἰς τὴν πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας (gen. of apposition, cf. W. § 59, 8 a.; [B. § 123, 4]), but ace. to the better reading εἰς πόλιν τῆς Zap. the gen. is partitive, and does not denote the city but the Samaritan territory; cf. vs. 9. 2. the Samaritan territory, the region of Samaria, of which the city Samaria was the capital: Lk. xvii. 11; Jn. iv. 4 Acts i. 8; viii. 1, 5 (see above), 9; ix. 31; xv. 3; by meton. for the inhabitants of the region, Acts viii. 14. Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Samaria; Robinson, Palestine ii. 288 sqq.; Petermann in Herzog xiii. 359 sqq.; [esp. eae in (Riehm s. v. Samaritaner, and) Herzog ed. 2, xiii. 340 sqq., and reff. there and in Β. D. (esp. Am. ed.) s. v. Samaria].

Σαμάρεια Samareia 11x

Samaria, the city and region so called, Acts 8:14

Σαμαρία (Rec. -άρεια), -ας, ἡ (Heb. שֹׁמְרוֹן; Aram. שָׁמְרַיִן), Samaria;

the city: Ac 8:5 (and perhaps also 9, 14);

the region: Lk 17:11, Jo 4:4, 5, 7, Ac 1:8 8:1 (and perhaps also 8:9, 14) 9:31 15:3.†

Σαμάρεια (for spelling see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 167), ‘‘Samaria.’” The mention of a village of this name in the Faytim, as in P Petr II. 4 (11)? (B.c. 255-4), is proof of the early settlement of Jews in these districts (cf. P Petr I. p. 43 note*). See also P Tebt 11. 566 (A.D, 131-2) Σαμάρεια, 2b. 609 (ii/A.D.) κώμης Σαμαρείας, and BGU 1. 94° (a.p. 280) περὶ κώμην Σαμάριαν.

Σαμάρεια (Samareia) — Samaria. Σᾰμάρεια [ᾰρ], ἡ, “Samaria”, a city of Palestine, called Sebaste by Herod, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also as name of a region, [NT]; of a village in Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—Σᾰμᾰρίτης [ῑ], ου (Doric dialect Σαμαρ-ίτας [Refs 2nd c.BC+], ὁ, Samaritan, [NT]; feminine Σαμαρ-ῖτις, ιδος, [NT] (Σαμαρ-εῖτις [Refs]:—also Σᾰμᾰρεύς, έως, [Refs 5th c.AD+]