# H8123 שִׁמְשׁוֹן

שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshôwn), Strong’s H8123: Shimshon, an Israelite KJV: Samson.. Occurs 38 times.

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*Shimshôwn* — Shimshon, an Israelite

KJV: Samson.

Derived from [שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh](https://besorah.bible/word/H8121) (the sun)

Occurs 38 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שִׁמְשׁוֹן 38 n.pr.m. Samson

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 13:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/13?v=24) — The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- [Judges 14:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=1) — Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- [Judges 14:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=3) — Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or among all my…
- [Judges 14:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=5) — Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a…
- [Judges 14:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=7) — He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
- [Judges 14:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=10) — His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.
- [Judges 14:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=12) — Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast…
- [Judges 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=15) — On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we…
- [Judges 14:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=16) — Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of…
- [Judges 14:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=20) — But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.