H8111 שֹׁמְרוֹן (Shômᵉrôwn) sho-mer-one'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Samaria

Biblical Persons & Places

Samaria Samaria

A location first mentioned at 1Ki.13.32; referred to as Samaria (שֹׁמְרוֹן), or Samaria (Aramiac שׇֽׁמְרָ֑יִן), or Samaritan (שֹׁמרֹנִי), or Samaria (Σαμάρεια), or Samaritan (Σαμαρείτης), or Samaria (NIV= Samaritan) or Samaritan (Σαμαρεῖτις).

Strong's Definition

Shomeron, a place in Palestine

Derivation: from the active participle of H8104 (שָׁמַר); watch-station;

KJV Usage: Samaria.

TWOT Reference: 2414d

Outline of Biblical Usage

Samaria = "watch mountain"

1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam

2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֹׁמְרוֹן (sho.me.ron) — Samaria.

§ Samaria = "watch mountain" 1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam 2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֹׁמְרֹון (H8111)

name · שׁמר · שֹׁמְרֹנִי

Names of Locations

Samaria = town; ◄ constructed by king Omri; ► capital of northern Israelite kingdom until it was conquered by Assyrians; ≈ often used metonymically to refer to the entire northern kingdom

1KI 16:24 · 1KI 16:24 · 1KI 16:28 · 1KI 16:29 · 1KI 16:32 · 1KI 18:2 · 1KI 20:1 · 1KI 20:10 · 1KI 20:17 · 1KI 20:34 · 1KI 20:43 · 1KI 21:1 · 1KI 21:18 · 1KI 22:10 · 1KI 22:37 · 1KI 22:37 · 1KI 22:38 · 1KI 22:52 · 2KI 1:2 · 2KI 1:3 · 2KI 2:25 · 2KI 3:1 · 2KI 3:6 · 2KI 5:3 · 2KI 6:19 · 2KI 6:20 · 2KI 6:20 · 2KI 6:24 · 2KI 6:25 · 2KI 7:1 · 2KI 7:18 · 2KI 10:1 · 2KI 10:1 · 2KI 10:12 · 2KI 10:17 · 2KI 10:17 · 2KI 10:35 · 2KI 10:36 · 2KI 13:1 · 2KI 13:6 · 2KI 13:9 · 2KI 13:10 · 2KI 13:13 · 2KI 14:14 · 2KI 14:16 · 2KI 14:23 · 2KI 15:8 · 2KI 15:13 · 2KI 15:14 · 2KI 15:14 · 2KI 15:17 · 2KI 15:23 · 2KI 15:25 · 2KI 15:27 · 2KI 17:1 · 2KI 17:5 · 2KI 17:6 · 2KI 17:28 · 2KI 18:9 · 2KI 18:10 · 2KI 18:34 · 2KI 21:13 · 2KI 23:18 · 2CH 18:2 · 2CH 18:9 · 2CH 22:9 · 2CH 25:13 · 2CH 25:24 · 2CH 28:8 · 2CH 28:9 · 2CH 28:15 · ISA 7:9 · ISA 7:9 · ISA 8:4 · ISA 9:8 · ISA 10:9 · ISA 10:10 · ISA 10:11 · ISA 36:19 · JER 23:13 · EZK 16:46 · EZK 16:51 · EZK 16:53 · EZK 16:55 · EZK 23:4 · EZK 23:33 · HOS 7:1 · HOS 8:5 · HOS 8:6 · HOS 10:5 · HOS 10:7 · HOS 14:1 · AMO 3:12 · AMO 4:1 · AMO 6:1 · AMO 8:14 · MIC 1:1 · MIC 1:5 · MIC 1:6

Names of Locations

Samaria = district around the town of Samaria; ◄ ranging from valley of Jezreel in the north to the valley of Aijalon in the south, with the Mediterranean and the Jordan as its respective western and eastern borders; ► after the conquest of the town of Samaria repopulated with people from other nations

1KI 13:32 · 2KI 17:24 · 2KI 17:24 · 2KI 17:26 · 2KI 23:19 · NEH 3:34 · JER 31:5 · JER 41:5 · AMO 3:9 · OBA 1:19

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁמְרוֹן 109 n.pr.loc. capital of N. Isr. from Omri's time base

Bible Occurrences (101)

13:32 16:24 16:28 16:29 16:32 18:2 20:1 20:10 20:17 20:34 20:43 21:1 21:18 22:10 22:37 22:38 22:51

1:2 1:3 2:25 3:1 3:6 5:3 6:19 6:20 6:24 6:25 7:1 7:18 10:1 10:12 10:17 10:35 10:36 13:1 13:6 13:9 13:10 13:13 14:14 14:16 14:23 15:8 15:13 15:14 15:17 15:23 15:25 15:27 17:1 17:5 17:6 17:24 17:26 17:28 18:9 18:10 18:34 21:13 23:18 23:19

18:2 18:9 22:9 25:13 25:24 28:8 28:9 28:15

4:2

7:9 8:4 9:9 10:9 10:10 10:11 36:19

23:13 31:5 41:5

16:46 16:51 16:53 16:55 23:4 23:33

7:1 8:5 8:6 10:5 10:7 13:16

3:9 3:12 4:1 6:1 8:14

1:19

1:1 1:5 1:6

1 Kings 13:32

for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass....

1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built [a city] [there], calling [it] Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

1 Kings 16:28

And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

1 Kings 16:29

In the thirty-eighth... year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two... years.

1 Kings 16:32

First, [Ahab] set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

1 Kings 20:1

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two... kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged... Samaria, and waged war against it.

1 Kings 20:10

Then Ben-hadad sent another message to [Ahab]: May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if [enough] dust remains of Samaria for each of my men [to have] a handful.