Strong G4549G4549HΣαούλ
Saul
One of the 2 senses of Strong G4549
- Transliteration
- Saoul
- Pronunciation
- sah-ool'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Saul, "asked of God" or possibly "dedicated to God"
Detailed definition
Σαούλ, ὁ indecl.
(in FlJ, Σάουλος; Heb. שָׁאוּל)
Saul;
__(a) the King of Israel: Act.13:21;
__(b) the Jewish name of the Apostle Paul, used in the indecl. form only in address (cf. Σαῦλος): Act.9:4, 17 22:7, 13 26:14.†
(AS)
(in FlJ, Σάουλος; Heb. שָׁאוּל)
Saul;
__(a) the King of Israel: Act.13:21;
__(b) the Jewish name of the Apostle Paul, used in the indecl. form only in address (cf. Σαῦλος): Act.9:4, 17 22:7, 13 26:14.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Saul
First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel
Saul was the first king of Israel, anointed by the prophet Samuel, who initially followed God but later disobeyed and was rejected as king.
In the Bible
Strong G4549H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- saul1
First verses
- Acts 13:21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
σαῦλος, η, ον,
an adjective descriptive of gait and carriage, defined as τὸ φαῦλον καὶ διερρυηκός by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1169)]; σαῦλα ποσὶν βαίνουσα, applied to the gait of the tortoise, straddling, waddling, [Refs (hymnus ad Mercurium 28)]; of the loose, wanton gait of courtesans or Bacchantes, σ. βαίνειν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 168; σαῦλαι Βασσαρίδες [prev. author] 55)]; also of a prancing horse, σ. βαίνειν, ἵππος ὡς κορωνίης [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 18.)]
an adjective descriptive of gait and carriage, defined as τὸ φαῦλον καὶ διερρυηκός by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1169)]; σαῦλα ποσὶν βαίνουσα, applied to the gait of the tortoise, straddling, waddling, [Refs (hymnus ad Mercurium 28)]; of the loose, wanton gait of courtesans or Bacchantes, σ. βαίνειν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 168; σαῦλαι Βασσαρίδες [prev. author] 55)]; also of a prancing horse, σ. βαίνειν, ἵππος ὡς κορωνίης [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 18.)]