King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7586
Transliteration: Shaul
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-ool')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "asked (of Yah)", first king of Isr., also an Edomite and two Israelites
Meaning: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites
Word Summary
Shaul: "asked (of Yah)", first king of Isr., also an Edomite and two Israelites
Original Word: שָׁאוּלTransliteration: Shaul
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-ool')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "asked (of Yah)", first king of Isr., also an Edomite and two Israelites
Meaning: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Saul, Shaul Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites -- Saul, Shaul.
see HEBREW sha'al
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7586. Shaul
שָׁאוּל proper name, masculine ( = asked (of ׳י), cf שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל below; Palmyrene proper name שאילא Lzb371 Cooke283); — Σαονλ:
1397 1st king of Israel, 1 Samuel 9:2-3,(twice in verse); 9:5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359 t. Samuel; 28 t. 1Chronicles; Psalm 18:1; 52:2; 54:2; 57:1; 59:1 (all in titles); שׁ ׳גִּבְעַת Isaiah 10:29 (and 1 Samuel 11:4; 15:34; 2 Samuel 21:6 see II . גִּבְעָה).
2 a king of Edom Genesis 36:37-38, (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:48-49,
3 a son of Simeon Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13 (all P) = 1 Chronicles 4:24.
4 a Levite 1 Chronicles 6:9.