Solomon

English

Etymology

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləmən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑləmən/

Proper noun

Solomon (countable and uncountable, plural Solomons)

1. (biblical) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 4:34:

     And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

2. (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome.
3. (countable) A surname from Hebrew.
4. An unincorporated community in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.
5. A minor city in Dickinson County and Saline County, Kansas, United States.
6. An electoral division in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Derived terms

• Ring of Solomon
• Solomon equations
• Solomon Islands

 

Related terms

• Salome
• shalom
• Shalom
• Shlomo
• Shula
• Shulamith

 

Translations

king of Israel

• Afrikaans: Salomo
• Amharic: ሰሎሞን (sälomon)
• Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (ar) m (sulaymān), سُلَيْمٰن m (sulaymān) (archaic)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ (šlēmōn)

• Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon)
• Azerbaijani: Süleyman (az)
• Belarusian: Саламо́н m (Salamón)
• Bengali: সোলেমান (śōleman)
• Catalan: Salomó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 所羅門／所罗门 (so² lo⁴ mun⁴), 撒羅滿／撒罗满 (saat³ lo⁴ mun⁵) (Roman Catholicism)

  Mandarin: 所羅門／所罗门 (zh) (Suǒluómén), 撒羅滿／撒罗满 (zh) (Sāluómǎn) (Roman Catholicism), 索洛蒙 (Suǒluòméng) (Orthodox)

• Czech: Šalamoun (cs) m
• Danish: Salomo
• Dutch: Salomo (nl)
• Esperanto: Salomono
• Estonian: Saalomon
• Finnish: Salomo (fi)
• French: Salomon (fr), Solayman

  Old French: Salemon

• Galician: Salomón (gl)
• German: Salomo m, Salomon (de) m, Solomon m
• Greek: Σολομών (el) m (Solomón)

  Ancient: Σολομών m (Solomṓn)

• Haitian Creole: Salomon
• Hausa: Sulemanu
• Hawaiian: Solomona
• Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (he) m (sh'lomo)
• Hindi: सुलेमान (hi) m (sulemān), सुलैमान (sulaimān)
• Hungarian: Salamon (hu)
• Indonesian: Sulaiman
• Italian: Salomone (it) m
• Japanese: ソロモン (Soromon)
• Kapampangan: Suleman, Solomon
• Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen)
• Korean: 솔로몬 (Sollomon)
• Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman)
• Latin: Salomon m
• Macedonian: Соломон m (Solomon)
• Malay: Sulaiman
• Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠮᠣᠩ (solomong)
• Maore Comorian: Sulaimana
• Ngazidja Comorian: Sulaimana
• Norwegian: Salomo
• Pashto: سليمان m
• Persian: سلیمان (fa) (soleymân)
• Polish: Salomon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Salomão (pt) m
• Romanian: Solomon
• Russian: Соломо́н (ru) m (Solomón)
• Sicilian: Salamuni m
• Spanish: Salomón (es)
• Swedish: Salomo (sv)
• Tajik: Сулаймон (tg) (Sulaymon)
• Thai: โซโลมอน (soo-loo-mɔɔn)
• Turkish: Süleyman (tr)
• Ukrainian: Соломо́н m (Solomón)
• Urdu: سُلَیمان m
• Uzbek: Sulaymon
• Yiddish: שלמה (Shloyme)

male given name

• Albanian: Sulejman m
• Amharic: ሱለይማን m (suläyman)
• Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (ar) (sulaymān)
• Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon)
• Azerbaijani: Süleyman (az)
• Bashkir: Сөләймән (Söləymən)
• Belarusian: Саламо́н m (Salamón)
• Bengali: সুলাইমান (śulaiman)
• Breton: Salaun (br) m
• Bulgarian: Сюлейма́н m (Sjulejmán)
• Catalan: Salomó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所羅門／所罗门 (zh) (Suǒluómén)

• Finnish: Salomo (fi), Salomon (fi)
• Galician: Salomón (gl)
• Greek: Σολομών (el) m (Solomón), Σουλεϊμάν (el) m (Souleïmán)

  Ancient: Σολομών m (Solomṓn)

• Greenlandic: Saalu
• Haitian Creole: Salomon
• Hausa: Sulemanu
• Hawaiian: Kolomona
• Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (he) m (sh'lomo)
• Hungarian: Salamon (hu)
• Kapampangan: Suleman, Solomon
• Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سِلێمان (silêman)

• Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman), Сулайман (Sulayman)
• Malay: Sulaiman, Suleman, Leman
• Persian: سلیمان (fa) (soleymân)
• Polish: Salomon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Salomão (pt) m
• Romanian: Solomon
• Russian: Соломо́н (ru) m (Solomón), Сулейма́н (ru) m (Sulejmán)
• Scottish Gaelic: Solamh m
• Sicilian: Salamuni m
• Tajik: Сулаймон (tg) (Sulaymon)
• Tatar: Сөләйман (Söläyman)
• Turkish: Süleyman (tr)
• Turkmen: Süleýman
• Urdu: سُلَیمان m
• Uzbek: Sulaymon
• Yiddish: שלמה m (shloyme), זלמן m (zalman)

Noun

Solomon (plural Solomons)

1. A person of unusual wisdom.
2. A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of about 20 liters, equivalent to 28 standard bottles.

See also

• Slimane

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo.moːn/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪ɔmoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo.mon/, [ˈsɔːlomon]

Proper noun

Solomōn m sg (genitive Solomōnis); third declension

1. Solomon

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Solomōn
Genitive	Solomōnis
Dative	Solomōnī
Accusative	Solomōnem
Ablative	Solomōne
Vocative	Solomōn

Descendants

• → English: Solomon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Соломонъ (Solomonŭ).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Solomon m

1. A village in Gârbou, Sălaj, Romania
2. a surname