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Samaria

One of the three divisions of the Holy Land, having Galilee on the north, Judea on the south, the river Jordan on the east, and the Mediterranean Sea on the west. It took its name from its capital city, Samaria; Samaria is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “watch-mountain.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

View overview sources
  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Place
Strong’s
G4540, G4542
Hebrew
שֹׁמְרוֹן · Shômᵉrôwn
Greek
Σαμάρεια · Samareia
Name meaning
watch-mountain According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G4540

Σαμάρεια · Samareia

Glosses: Samaria

Σαμαρία (Rec. -άρεια), -ας, ἡ (Heb. שֹׁמְרוֹן;

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

H8111

שֹׁמְרוֹן · Shômᵉrôwn

Glosses: Samaria.

Shomeron, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

Strong’s

G4542

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Samaria

watch-mountain

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

SAMARIA

one of the three divisions of the Holy Land, having Galilee on the north, Judea on the south, the river Jordan on the east, and the Mediterranean Sea on the west. It took its name from its capital city, Samaria; and formed, together with Galilee and some cantons on the east of Jordan, during the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, the kingdom of the former.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

All Scripture references153 references

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Samaria

Meaning:
watch-mountain

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

Sources

Ancient Context20 items

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