שָׁאוּל shaul

Hebrew word for “Saul” · Strong’s H7586 · used 406 times in 335 verses

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Meaning

A king of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.9.2;

Senses in the lexicon

• Saul (397)
• Shaul (4)
• Shaul (4)
• Shaul (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shaul in context, with how often each is used:

• saul 392
• shaul 9
• belonged to saul 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 14 (27), 1 Samuel 18 (25), 1 Samuel 17 (18), 1 Samuel 23 (18), 1 Samuel 15 (17), 1 Samuel 9 (16), 1 Samuel 19 (16), 1 Samuel 28 (15), 1 Samuel 13 (12), 1 Samuel 26 (11)

Forms

• שׁאול 353
• ושׁאול 25
• לשׁאול 25
• ולשׁאול 2
• משׁאול 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shaul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּוִד david “David” 138
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 46
• שְׁמוּאֵל shemuel “Samuel” 39
• יְהוֹנָתָן yehonatan “Jonathan” 31
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 34
• עִם im “with” 41
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 45
• מוּת mut “to die” 34
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 30
• יוֹנָתָן yonatan “Jonathan” 16
• מִיכַל mikhal “Michal” 14
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 30

Key verses

The verses using shaul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be…
• 1 Samuel 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and…
• 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I…
• 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of…
• 1 Samuel 28:6 — And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• 2 Samuel 5:2 — Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people…
• 2 Samuel 12:7 — And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
• 2 Samuel 21:1 — Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his…
• 1 Chronicles 10:13 — So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of…
• Psalms 18:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from…
• Psalms 52:1 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why…
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.