noun · masculine
sampsōn
GreekΣαμψών (sampsōn)
Strong’sG4546
Samson
stem sampsōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σαμψών, ὁ indecl. (Heb. שִׁמְשׁוֹן),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4546 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsamp-sone'
Sampson (i.e. Shimshon), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSamson.
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 | sampsōn | sampsōn |
| object accusative | sampsōn | sampsōn |
| direct address vocative | sampsōn | sampsōn |
| of, belonging to genitive | sampsōn1×Σαμψών | sampsōn |
| to, for dative | sampsōn | sampsōn |
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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sampsōn“Samson”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 11:32“Samson”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,