Samuel
Syllables: Sam·u·el/ˈsæmjuːəl/
Samuel proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew.
Proper noun
Samuel
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- It was quite unnecessary to call Samuel Weller; for Samuel Weller stepped briskly into the box the instant his name was pronounced; and placing his hat on the floor, and his arms on the rail, took a bird’s–eye view of the Bar, and a comprehensive survey of the Bench, with a remarkably cheerful and...1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 34”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
- I went down the dark road between the hawthorn hedges puzzling over the why of like, repeating SAMUEL to myself and aloud and listening to the rolling wonder in its sound that had charmed her soul and led her life in tragic places. SAMUEL! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Aye, there was!1914, Jack London, The Strength of the Strong/Samuel
- One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- Synonyms:
- Sam.
- The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.
- Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 1:20
- A surname.
Samuel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Samuel in Hindi
- biblical person
- शमूएल śamūel
- male given name
- सैम्यूअल saimyūal
- one of two books of the Bible
- शमूएल śamūel
Samuel in Tamil
- male given name
- சாமுவேல் cāmuvēl
Samuel in Marathi
- male given name
- शमुवेल śamuvel
Samuel in Bengali
- one of two books of the Bible
- সামুয়েল śamuẏel
More languagesFewer languages
- Samuel in Telugu
- సమూయేలు samūyēlu
- Samuel in Malayalam
- ശമുവേൽ śamuvēl
- Samuel in Punjabi
- ਸਮੂਏਲ samūēla
- Samuel in Nepali
- शमूएल śamūel
- Samuel in Tagalog
- Samuel
- Samuel in Arabic
- صَمُوئِيل ṣamūʔīl, شَمْوِيل šamwīl, سَمَوْأَل samawʔal, صَامُوئِيل ṣāmūʔīl
- Samuel in Persian
- سموئیل samu'il, ساموئل sâmu'el
- Samuel in Thai
- ซามูเอล
- Samuel in Myanmar
- ဓမ္မရာဇဝင်ပဋ္ဌမစောင် dhamma.raja.wangpathta.ma.caung, ဓမ္မရာဇဝင်ဒုတိယစောင် dhamma.raja.wangdu.ti.ya.caung
Synonyms of Samuel
Origin of Samuel
From Latin Samuēl, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmûʾēl, literally “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”). Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (“I have asked/borrowed him from God”) (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl) by way of שָׁאוּל מֵאֵל (“asked/borrowed from God”) from 1 Samuel 1:20.
Words formed from Samuel
Phrases with Samuel
Questions about Samuel
- What does Samuel mean?
- Samuel means a male given name from Hebrew.
- What is Samuel in Hindi?
- Samuel in Hindi is शमूएल (śamūel), सैम्यूअल (saimyūal). See Samuel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Samuel?
- Samuel is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Samuel?
- Samuel is pronounced /ˈsæmjuːəl/.
Words near Samuel in the dictionary
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