Lexicon :: Strong's H8111 - šōmrôn

שֹׁמְרוֹן

Transliteration

šōmrôn

Pronunciation

sho-mer-one'

Part of Speech

proper locative noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From the act part of שָׁמַר (H8104)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2414d

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שֹׁמְרוֹן Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'; from the active participle of H8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:—Samaria.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's H8111 in the following manner: Samaria (109x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's H8111 in the following manner: Samaria (109x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שֹׁמְרוֹן Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'; from the active participle of H8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:—Samaria.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8111: Abbreviations

שֹׁמְרוֺן ₁₀₉ proper name, of a location capital of Northern Israel from Omri's time (belonging to clan שֶׁמֶר, Sta^{ZAW v (1885), 165-175}; originally שַׁמְרוֺן or שַׁמְרַיִן; Assyrian Samerina COT ^{1 Kings 16:24}); — שׁ׳ 1 Kings 16:24 (name explanation as from שֶׁמֶר, originally owner of site), 1 Kings 16:28; 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 20:1, 10 +; שֹׁמְר֫וֺנָה 1 Kings 20:43; 2 Kings 6:19; 2 Kings 14:14; personified as woman Ezekiel 16:46, 51, 53, 55; Ezekiel 23:4, 33; king of Northern Israel is מֶלֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:1; 2 Kings 1:3; אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:18, compare בְּשׁ׳ מָלַךְ עַליִֿשׂ׳ 1 Kings 22:52 + 9 times; thence name of territory, שְׂדֵה שׁ׳ Obadiah 19, עָרֵי שׁ׳ 1 Kings 13:32 (point of view of later editor), 2 Kings 17:24, 26; 2 Kings 23:19; הָרֵי שׁ׳ Amos 3:9; Jeremiah 31:5, — compare הַושֿׁ׳ Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1; 1 Kings 16:24; perhaps שׁ׳ alone Jeremiah 23:13; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 7:24; 2 Kings 7:28; 2 Chronicles 25:13; חֵיל שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:34. — usually Σαμαρεια, but 1 Kings 16:24 Σεμερω, Σαεμερων, Σομορων; = modern Sebastieh; see GASm ^{G 346 ff.} Buhl^{G 207 f.} Cowley^{Ency. Bib. under the word} Wilson^{Hast. DB under the word}.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8115.

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