Word Study · Strong's H8115 · Hebrew
שׇׁמְרַיִן
Shomrayin
shom-rah'-yin
“Shomrain, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shomrain, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Samaria.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- בְּשָֽׁמְרָ֑יִן1
- שָׁמְרָ֑יִן1
How it is rendered · 2
- in Samaria1
- Samaria1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
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- ANpl · 1
- AR/Npl · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 4:10שָׁמְרָ֑יִןshamerayinproper noun (a name)and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.here: Samaria
- Ezra 4:17בְּשָֽׁמְרָ֑יִןbeshamerayinpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.here: in Samaria