Lexical Definition

‎שֹׁמְרוֹן‎ Shômᵉrôwn (sho-mer-one') Samaria ^N:N--L
from the active participle of ‎שָׁמַר‎; watch-station

Samaria.

• § Samaria = "watch mountain"
• Shomeron, a place in Palestine

1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam
2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem

See Greek: Σαμάρεια

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Aramaic form: שׇׁמְרַיִן
‎שֹׁמְרוֺן‎₁₀₉ proper name, of a location capital of Northern Israel from Omri's time (belonging to clan ‎שֶׁמֶר‎, Sta^{ZAW v (1885), 165-175}; originally ‎שַׁמְרוֺן‎ or ‎שַׁמְרַיִן‎; Assyrian Samerina COT^{1Kgs 16:24}); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Kgs 16:24 (name explanation as from ‎שֶׁמֶר‎, originally owner of site), v1Kgs 16:28 v1Kgs 16:29 v1Kgs 16:32; 1Kgs 20:1; 1Kgs 20:10 +; ‎שֹׁמְר֫וֺנָה‎ 1Kgs 20:43; 2Kgs 6:19; 2Kgs 14:14 personified as woman Ezek 16:46; Ezek 16:51; Ezek 16:53; Ezek 16:55; Ezek 23:4; Ezek 23:33 king of Northern Israel is ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶךְ שׁ‎ 1Kgs 21:1; 2Kgs 1:3 ‎׳‎‎אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁ‎ 1Kgs 21:18, compare ‎׳‎‎בְּשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מָלַךְ עַליִֿשׂ‎ 1Kgs 22:52* + 9 t.; thence name of territory, ‎׳‎‎שְׂדֵה שׁ‎ Obad 1:19, ‎׳‎‎עָרֵי שׁ‎ 1Kgs 13:32 (point of view of later editor), 2Kgs 17:24; 2Kgs 17:26; 2Kgs 23:19 ‎׳‎‎הָרֵי שׁ‎ Amos 3:9; Jer 31:5, — compare ‎׳‎‎הַושֿׁ‎ Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1; 1Kgs 16:24 perhaps ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ alone Jer 23:13; Jer 1:2; Jer 2:24; 2Kgs 7:28; 2Chr 25:13 ‎׳‎‎חֵיל שׁ‎ Neh 3:34*. — ᵐ5 usually Σαμαρεια, but 1Kgs 16:24 Σεμερω, Σαεμερων, Σομορων; = modern Sebastieh; see GASm ^{G 346 ff.} Buhl^{G 207 f.} Cowley^{Ency. Bib. under the word} Wilson^{Hast. DB under the word} .

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Samaria • Capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitants

Samaria was the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel, and its inhabitants were known as Samaritans (1 Ki. 16:24; 2 Ki. 17:24; Jhn. 4:9; Acts 8:5).

• A location first mentioned at 1Ki.13.32;
• referred to as Samaria שֹׁמְרוֹן, or Samaria שׇׁמְרַיִן, or Samaritan שֹׁמרֹנִי, or Samaria Σαμάρεια, or Samaritan Σαμαρείτης, or Samaria (NIV= Samaritan) or Samaritan Σαμαρεῖτις.
  

Samaria, the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel, was built by King Omri around 880 BC (1 Ki. 16:24). The city served as the royal residence and the center of political power for the northern kingdom until its fall to the Assyrians in 722 BC (2 Ki. 17:5-6). After the Assyrian conquest, the region of Samaria was repopulated with people from various parts of the Assyrian Empire (2 Ki. 17:24), who intermarried with the remaining Israelites and became known as Samaritans.

The Samaritans developed their own religious practices, which combined elements of Israelite tradition with foreign customs (2 Ki. 17:26-28). They worshipped at Mount Gerizim instead of Jerusalem (Jhn. 4:20) and accepted only the first five books of the Bible as authoritative.

In the New Testament, Jesus encountered a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (Jhn. 4:7-26) and used a Samaritan as an example of compassion in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luk. 10:33). The early church spread to Samaria through the ministry of Philip (Acts 8:5-25), and the apostles Peter and John later visited the region (Acts 8:14-17).

Throughout the Bible, Samaria and the Samaritans are often portrayed as being in tension with the Jews due to religious and cultural differences (Jhn. 4:9; 8:48). However, Jesus and the early church demonstrated that the gospel was meant for all people, including the Samaritans.

All entries for Samaria or Samaritan: שֹׁמְרוֹן ☩ שׇׁמְרַיִן ☩ שֹׁמרֹנִי ☩ Σαμάρεια ☩ Σαμαρείτης ☩ Σαμαρεῖτις