Word Study · Strong's G4569 · Greek
Σαῦλος
Saulos
sow'-los
Strong's 1890 spelling: Saûlos
“Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
Rendered in the KJV as
Saul.
- 15occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- Σαῦλος7
- Σαῦλον3
- Σαῦλον,1
- Σαῦλος.1
- Σαύλου1
- Σαύλου.¶1
- Σαύλῳ1
How it is rendered · 4
- Saul11
- Saul.2
- Saul,1
- to Saul1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular8
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
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- N-NSM-P · 8
- N-ASM-P · 4
- N-GSM-P · 2
- N-DSM-P · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Acts15 occurrences
- Acts 7:58Σαύλουsaulounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularThey dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.here: Saul
- Acts 8:1Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.here: Saul
- Acts 8:3Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.here: Saul
- Acts 9:1Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularMeanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priesthere: Saul
- Acts 9:8Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSaul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.here: Saul
- Acts 9:11Σαῦλονsaulonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singular“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.here: Saul
- Acts 9:22Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.here: Saul
- Acts 9:24Σαύλῳsaulōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularbut Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.here: to Saul
- Acts 11:25Σαῦλον,saulonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,here: Saul,
- Acts 11:30Σαύλου.¶saulounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularThis they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.here: Saul.
- Acts 12:25Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWhen Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.here: Saul
- Acts 13:1Σαῦλος.saulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularNow in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.here: Saul.
- Acts 13:2Σαῦλονsaulonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularWhile they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”here: Saul
- Acts 13:7Σαῦλονsaulonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularan attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.here: Saul
- Acts 13:9Σαῦλοςsaulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymashere: Saul