Samson

English

Etymology

From Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.

Proper noun

Samson

1. An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress. (biblical character)
2. (by extension) Any very strong man.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. An English surname derived from the given name.

Quotations

• Template:RQ:Authorized Version : Judges 16:6:

  And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Alternative forms

• Sampson

Translations

Israelite judge

• Arabic: شمشون m (shamshūn)
• Armenian: Սամսոն (Samson)
• Basque: Sanson
• Belarusian: Самсон m (Samsón)
• Breton: Samzun m
• Bulgarian: Самсон m (Samson)
• Burmese: ဆမ္မဆန် (hcamma.hcan)
• Catalan: Samsó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參孫／参孙 (zh) (Cānsūn)

• Corsican: Sansonu m
• Danish: Samson
• Dutch: Samson (nl) m (Catholic), Simson m (Protestant)
• Esperanto: Ŝamŝun, Ŝimŝono
• Finnish: Simson
• French: Samson (fr) m

  Old French: Sanson m

• Galician: Sansón m
• Georgian: სამსონი (samsoni)
• German: Samson (Catholic), Simson (de) (Protestant)
• Greek: Σαμψών (el) m (Sampsón)
• Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן m (shimshon)
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• Hungarian: Sámson (hu)
• Indonesian: Simson
• Italian: Sansone (it) m
• Japanese: サムソン (Samuson)
• Korean: 삼손 (samson)
• Latin: Samson m
• Lithuanian: Samsonas m
• Malagasy: Samsona
• Maore Comorian: Samsuna
• Maori: Hamihona
• Norwegian: Samson (no)
• Portuguese: Sansão (pt) m
• Russian: Самсо́н (ru) m (Samsón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Са̀мсо̄н m

  Roman: Sàmsōn (sh) m

• Spanish: Sansón m
• Swedish: Simson
• Tamil: சிம்சோன் (cimcōṉ)
• Ukrainian: Самсо́н m (Samsón)
• Yiddish: שמשון m (shmshun)

very strong man

• Italian: sansone m
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given name

• Classical Syriac: ܫܸܡܫܘܿܢ (Little Sun, shimshon)
• Faroese: Samson m
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• Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן (shimshon)

surname

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Further reading

Wikisource

• Samson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mansos, Masons, Masson, Sansom, masons

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Faroese

Proper noun

Samson m

1. a male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Samson: Samsonsson
• daughter of Samson: Samsonsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Samson
Accusative	Samson
Dative	Samsoni
Genitive	Samsons

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French

Proper noun

Samson

1. a surname

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Literary

Proper noun

Samson

1. common on Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Alternative forms

• Sanson

See also

• Tuazon
• Dizon
• Sison
• Gozon
• Lacson
• Quitson
• Pueson
• Causon