Σαμουήλ

Σαμουήλ — Samouḗl

Σαμουήλ (שֲׁמוּאֵל, for שְׁמוּעֲאֵל, i. e. 'beard of God', from שָׁמַע and אֵל; cf. 1Sa 1:20; 1Sa 1:27 (see B. D. under the word )), ὁ (indeclinable; Josephus (Antiquities 5, 10, 3) Σαμουηλος, Σαμουηλου), Samuel, the son of Elkanah by his wife Anna (or Hannah), the last of the שֹׁפְטִים or judges, a distinguished prophet, and the founder of the prophetic order. He gave the Jews their first kings, Saul and David: Act 3:24; Act 13:20; Heb 11:32. (1Sa 1:1-28; 1Sa 2:1-36; 1Sa 3:1-21; 1Sa 4:1-22; 1Sa 5:1-12; 1Sa 6:1-21; 1Sa 7:1-17; 1Sa 8:1-22; 1Sa 9:1-27; 1Sa 10:1-27; 1Sa 11:1-15; 1Sa 12:1-25; 1Sa 13:1-23; 1Sa 14:1-52; 1Sa 15:1-35; 1Sa 16:1-23; 1Sa 17:1-58; 1Sa 18:1-30; 1Sa 19:1-24; 1Sa 20:1-42; 1Sa 21:1-15; 1Sa 22:1-23; 1Sa 23:1-29; 1Sa 24:1-22; 1Sa 25:1-44; cf. 1Sa 28:1-25; Sir 46:13 ff.)