Lexical Summary Saoul: Saul, the first Israelite king, also the Jewish name of Paul Original Word: ΣαούλTransliteration: Saoul Phonetic Spelling: (sah-ool') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Saul, the first Israelite king, also the Jewish name of Paul Meaning: Saul -- the first Israelite king, also the Jewish name of Paul Strong's Concordance Saul. Of Hebrew origin (Sha'uwl); Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul -- Saul. Compare Saulos. see GREEK Saulos see HEBREW Sha'uwl Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4549: ΣαούλΣαούλ (שָׁאוּל, 'asked for'), ὁ, indeclinable (in Josephus, Σαουλος), Saul; 1. the name of the first king of Israel: Acts 13:21. 2. the Jewish name of the apostle Paul, but occurring only in address (cf. Buttmann, 6): Acts 9:4, 17; Acts 22:7, 13; Acts 26:14; in the other passages of the Book of Acts the form Σαῦλος (which see) with the Greek terminology is used. |
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