Saul

See also Saül, and Saúl

English

Etymology

Hebrew שָׁאוּל "asked for".

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Saul

1. (biblical) The first king of Israel.
2. (biblical) The original name of Apostle Paul.
3. A male given name.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: 1 Samuel 16: 23:

  And it came to pass, that when the evil spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[2]: Acts 9:4:

  Then Saul, ( who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

Translations

first king of Israel

Armenian: Սավուղ (hy) (Savuġ) Czech: Saul (cs) m. Danish: Saul (da) Dutch: Saul (nl) Finnish: Saul (fi) French: Saül (fr)

German: Saul (de) Latin: Saul (la) Northern Sami: Sávlos Norwegian: Saul (no) Spanish: Saúl (es) Swedish: Saul (sv)

original name of Paul

Czech: Saul (cs) m., Šaul (cs) m., Šavel (cs) m. Danish: Saulus (da) Dutch: Saulus (nl), Saul (nl) Finnish: Saul (fi) French: Saul (fr) German: Saulus (de)

Latin: Saulus (la) Northern Sami: Sávlos Norwegian: Saulus (no) Spanish: Saulo (es) Swedish: Saul (sv)

male given name

Dutch: Saul (nl) Finnish: Sauli (fi) Lithuanian: Saulius (lt) m.

Northern Sami: Sávlos Spanish: Saúl (es)

Anagrams

• auls
• Luas

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Old English

Noun

Saul f.

1. alternate form of sawol