BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4495
ma.no.ach — Manoah
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.13.2; father of: Samson (H8123) § Manoah = "rest" a Danite, father of the judge Samson and inhabitant of Zorah
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8123
shim.shon — Samson
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.13.24; son of: Manoah (H4495); married to Delilah (H1807) Also named: Sampsōn (Σαμψών "Samson" G4546) § Samson = "like the sun" a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years
36 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6881
tsor.ah — Zorah
§ Zareah or Zoreah or Zorah = "hornet" a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
