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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H8111 - Samaria

Strong's No.:H8111

Hebrew:שֹׁמְרוֹן

Transliteration:Shômᵉrôwn

Phonetic:sho-mer-one'

Word Origin:From the active participle of H8104

Bible Usage:Samaria.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Location

Strongs
Definition:

watch station; {Shomeron} a place in Palestine


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Samaria = "watch mountain"

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


Bible References:
Samaria

Translation
Occurrences:
Samaria ( 102 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.