noun · masculine
saulos
Strong’sG4569
Saul, the apostle
stem saul-15 times in the New Testament4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Saul, the Jewish name of the Apostle Paul 124. It is the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Saul 1, and is used in the New Testament narrative referring to him before he is called Paul 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G4569 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsow'-los
Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
Fromof Hebrew origin, the same as G4549;
King JamesSaul.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
an adjective descriptive of gait and carriage, defined as τὸ φαῦλον καὶ διερρυηκός by Refs 5th c.BC+; σαῦλα ποσὶν βαίνουσα, applied to the gait of the tortoise, straddling, waddling, Refs; of the loose, wanton gait of courtesans or Bacchantes, σ. βαίνειν Refs 6th c.BC+; also of a prancing horse, σ. βαίνειν, ἵππος ὡς κορωνίης Refs 7th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | saulos8×Σαῦλος | saulois |
| object accusative | saulon4×Σαῦλον | sauloin |
| direct address vocative | saulor | sauloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | saulou2×Σαύλου | sauloiu |
| to, for dative | saulo1×Σαύλῳ | sauloi |
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
saulo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
15 occurrences, every one of them listed
saulos“Saul”subjectnominative singular8×
Acts 8:1Saulos de ate suneudokarōntos ta anairesia autou. …And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s …
Acts 8:3Saulos de lumanote tan ekklēsan kata toin …But Saul began to destroy the church. Going …
Acts 9:1Tos de Saulos ēti empnarōntos apeilau kai fonou eis …Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats …
Acts 9:8egerita de Saulos apo tau gēau, anoigorēntoiu de toiu …Saul got up from the ground, but …
Acts 9:22Saulos de mallon endunamote kai sunchate toin …But Saul was empowered all the more, and …
Acts 12:25Barnabos de kai Saulos hupostrefala, eis Ierousalēm plērarantois tan diakonian, …When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem …
Acts 13:1… tē Hērōdou tou tetraarchou suntrofos kai Saulos.… up with Herod the tetrarch ), and Saul.
Acts 13:9Saulos de, tos kai Paulos, pimplēirantos pneumeu …Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled …
saulon“Saul”objectaccusative singular4×
Acts 9:11… Euthuan kai zētasar en oikia Ioudou Saulon onome Tarsevon, idou gar proseuchotō,… for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
Acts 11:25exerchata de eis Tarsan anazētara Saulon,… went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
Acts 13:2… Aforizavar dē mi ton Barnabon kai Saulon eis tem ergem hem proskalomē autoin.… Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I …
Acts 13:7… andro suneto. houtos proskalerantos Barnabon kai Saulon epizētata akouara ton logon tou theou;… man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the …
saulou“Saul”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 7:58… autoiu para toin podoin neaniou kalorōntou Saulou.… feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 11:30… toin presbuteroin dia cheirau Barnabou kai Saulou.… to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
saulo“Saul”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 9:24gnōskita de to Saulo tas epiboulas autoiu. paratērole de kai …but Saul learned of their plot. Day and …