noun · masculine
samouēl
GreekΣαμουήλ (samouēl)
Strong’sG4545
Samuel
stem samouēl-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σαμουήλ, ὁ indecl.
(in FlJ, Σαμούηλος; Heb. שְׁמוּאֵל),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4545 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsam-oo-ale'
Samuel (i.e. Shemuel), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSamuel.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | samouēl | samouēl |
| object accusative | samouēl | samouēl |
| direct address vocative | samouēl | samouēl |
| of, belonging to genitive | samouēl3×Σαμουὴλ | samouēl |
| to, for dative | samouēl | samouēl |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
samouēl“Samuel”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 3:24“Samuel”kai pantois de tois profētois apo Samouēl kai toiu kathexēs hosois lalala kai katangellala tain hēmerain houtain.Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
Acts 13:20“Samuel”hōs etei tetrakosioi kai pentēkonta. kai meta houteim dōata kritoin heōs Samouēl tou profētou.All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
Hebrews 11:32“Samuel”Kai tinem ēti legameiō? epileipati min gar diēgerōton tos chronos peri Gedeōn, Barak, Sampsōn, Iefthae, David tē kai Samouēl kai toiu profētoiu,And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,