Strong's H8123 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshôwn)

Pronunciation: shim-shone'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Samson = "like the sun"

Derivation: from שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh) [H8121]; sunlight;

Definition: Shimshon, an Israelite

KJV Renderings: Samson.

Senses

1. a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.