Σαμψών
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן (śimśōn).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sampˈson/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sampˈson/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sampˈson/
Proper noun
Σαμψών • (Sampsṓn) m (genitive Σαμψῶνος); third declension
- (biblical) Samson, a judge of Israel.
- New Testament, Hebr. 11:32:
- ἐπιλείψει με γὰρ διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, Δαυείδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν
- epileípsei me gàr diēgoúmenon ho khrónos perì Gedeṓn, Barák, Sampsṓn, Iephtháe, Daueíd te kaì Samouḕl kaì tôn prophētôn
- For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.
- ἐπιλείψει με γὰρ διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, Δαυείδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν
Usage notes
While Josephus and certain passages in Judges decline Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), most other biblical sources treat it as indeclinable.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σαμψών ho Sampsṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σαμψῶνος toû Sampsônos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σαμψῶνῐ tôi Sampsôni | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σαμψῶνᾰ tòn Sampsôna | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σαμψών Sampsṓn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4546 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible