Lexical Summary Shomron: capital of N. kingdom of Isr Original Word: שֹׁמְרוֹןTransliteration: Shomron Phonetic Spelling: (sho-mer-one') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: capital of N. kingdom of Isr Meaning: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel Strong's Concordance Samaria From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria. see HEBREW shamar Brown-Driver-Briggs H8111. Shomron שֹׁמְרוֺן109 proper name, of a location capital of Northern Israel from Omri's time (belonging to clan שֶׁמֶר, StaZAW v (1885), 165-175; originally שַׁמְרוֺן or שַׁמְרַיִן; Assyrian Samerina COT1 Kings 16:24); — ׳שׁ 16:24 (name explanation as from שֶׁמֶר, originally owner of site), 16:28; 16:29; 16:32; 20:1, 10 +; שֹׁמְר֫וֺנָה 20:43; 2 Kings 6:19; 14:14; personified as woman Ezekiel 16:46, 51, 53, 55; 23:4, 33; king of Northern Israel is שׁ ׳מֶלֶךְ 1 Kings 21:1; 2 Kings 1:3; בְּשׁ ׳אֲשֶׁר 1 Kings 21:18, compare עַליִֿשׂ ׳מָלַךְ ׳בְּשׁ 22:52 9t.; thence name of territory, שׁ ׳שְׂדֵה Obadiah 19, שׁ ׳עָרֵי 13:32 (point of view of later editor), 2 Kings 17:24, 26; 23:19; שׁ ׳הָרֵי Amos 3:9; Jeremiah 31:5, — compare ׳הַושֿׁ Amos 4:1; 6:1; 1 Kings 16:24; perhaps ׳שׁ alone Jeremiah 23:13; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 7:24; 2 Kings 7:28; 2 Chronicles 25:13; שׁ ׳חֵיל Nehemiah 3:34. — ᵐ5 usually Σαμαρεια, but 1 Kings 16:24 Σεμερω, Σαεμερων, Σομορων; = modern Sebastieh; see GASm G 346 ff. BuhlG 207 f. CowleyEncy. Bib. under the word WilsonHast. DB under the word . שָֽׁמְרָ֑יִן proper name, of a location (Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֺן, I. שָׁמַר); — Ezra 4:7, 10. |
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