English Explanatory Dictionary

Samuel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  3. The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.
  4. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈsæmjuːəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Samuel.wav

Word forms

Samuel

Etymology

From Latin Samuēl, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmûʾēl, literally “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”). Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (“I have asked/borrowed him from God”) (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl) by way of שָׁאוּל מֵאֵל (“asked/borrowed from God”) from 1 Samuel 1:20.

Synonyms

Sam.

Derived words

Sam Sammie Sammy Samuelson Samantha

Translations

Afrikaans: Samuel Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐕌𐕒𐔴𐔾 Arabic: صَمُوئِيل Arabic: شَمْوِيل Armenian: Սամուէլ Armenian: Սամվել Basque: Samuel Breton: Shmouel Cebuano: Samuel Eastern Min Chinese: 撒母耳 Chinese Mandarin: 撒母耳 Maore Comorian: Samueli Corsican: Samuellu Czech: Samuel Danish: Samuel Dutch: Samuel Dutch: Samuël Estonian: Saamuel Faroese: Sámal Finnish: Samuel French: Samuel Old French: Samuel Old French: Samoel West-Frisian: Samuël Georgian: სამუელი German: Samuel Greek: Σαμουήλ Ancient Greek: Σαμουήλ Greenlandic: Saamu Hawaiian: Samuela Hawaiian: Samuʻela Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל Hindi: शमूएल Hungarian: Sámuel Icelandic: Samúel Ido: Samuel Irish: Samúéil Italian: Samuele Japanese: サムエル Kazakh: Самуил Korean: 사무엘 Latin: Samūēl Latin: Samūēlis Latvian: Samuēl Lavukaleve: Samuel Limburgish: Samuel
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