Lexical Definition

‎שָׁאוּל‎ Shâʼûwl (shaw-ool') Saul ^N:N-M-P
passive participle of ‎שָׁאַל‎; asked

Saul, Shaul.

• § Saul or Shaul = "desired"
• Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

1) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel
2) an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah
3) a son of Simeon
4) a Levite, son of Uzziah

See Greek: Σαούλ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁאוּל‎ proper name, masculine ( = asked (of ‎׳‎‎י‎), cf ‎שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל‎ below; Palmyrene proper name ‎שאילא‎ Lzb³⁷¹ Cooke²⁸³); — Σαονλ:

1.₃₉₇ 1st king of Israel, 1Sam 9:2; 1Sam 9:3 (twice in verse); 1Sam 9:5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359 t. Samuel; 28 t. 1 Chronicles; Ps 18:1*; Ps 52:2*; Ps 54:2*; Ps 57:1*; Ps 59:1* (all in titles); ‎׳‎‎גִּבְעַת שׁ‎ Isa 10:29 (and 1Sam 11:4; 1Sam 15:34; 2Sam 21:6 see II . ‎גִּבְעָה‎).

2. a king of Edom Gen 36:37; Gen 36:38 (P) = 1Chr 1:48; 1Chr 1:49

3. a son of Simeon Gen 46:10; Exod 6:15; Num 26:13 (all P) = 1Chr 4:24.

4. a Levite 1Chr 6:9*.

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