Samson

See also: Sámson

English

Etymology

From Middle English Sampson, Sampsoun, Samson, from Latin Samson, from Ancient Greek Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmsən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmsən

Proper noun

Samson

2. (biblical) An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 16:6:

     And Delilah ſaid to Samſon, Tel me, I pray thee, wherein thy great ſtrength lyeth, and wherewith thou mighteſt be bound, to afflict thee.

3. (by extension) Any very strong man.
4. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. An English surname derived from the given name, or from Samuel + son.

Alternative forms

• Sampson

Derived terms

• Apolonio Samson
• Samson fox
• Samson post

Translations

Israelite judge

Afrikaans: Simson Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐕌𐕢𐕚𐕒𐕎 (sampson) Arabic: شَمْشُون m (šamšūn) Armenian: Սամսոն (Samson) Basque: Sanson Belarusian: Самсон m (Samsón) Breton: Samzun (br) m Bulgarian: Самсон m (Samson) Burmese: ဆမ္မဆန် (hcamma.hcan) Catalan: Samsó m Chinese: Mandarin: 參孫 / 参孙 (zh) (Sānsūn, Cānsūn) Corsican: Sansonu m Danish: Samson Dutch: Samson (nl) m (Catholic), Simson m (Protestant) Esperanto: Ŝamŝun, Ŝimŝono Finnish: Simson French: Samson (fr) m Old French: Sanson m Galician: Sansón m Georgian: სამსონი (samsoni) German: Samson (Catholic), Simson (de) (Protestant) Greek: Σαμψών (el) m (Sampsón) Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן (he) m (shimshon) Hungarian: Sámson (hu) Indonesian: Simson Italian: Sansone (it) m Japanese: サムソン (Samuson) Korean: 삼손 (samson) Latin: Samson m Lithuanian: Samsonas m Malagasy: Samsona Maore Comorian: Samsuna Maori: Hamihona Middle English: Sampson Nepali: सैम्पसन (saimpasan) Norwegian: Samson (no) Portuguese: Sansão (pt) m Russian: Самсо́н (ru) m (Samsón) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Са̀мсо̄н m Roman: Sàmsōn (sh) m Sicilian: Sanzuni m Spanish: Sansón m Swedish: Simson Tamil: சிம்சோன் (cimcōṉ) Tumbuka: Samusoni Ukrainian: Самсо́н m (Samsón) Vietnamese: Sam-sôn Yiddish: שמשון m (shmshun)

very strong man

Italian: sansone m Portuguese: sansão m Sicilian: sanzuni m Spanish: sansón m

given name

Chinese: Mandarin: 薩姆森 / 萨姆森 (Sàmǔsēn) (from English), 桑松 (Sāngsōng) (from French) Classical Syriac: ܫܸܡܫܘܿܢ (Little Sun, shimshon) Faroese: Samson m French: Samson (fr) m Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן (he) (shimshon) Middle English: Sampson Occitan: Samson m Portuguese: Sansão (pt) m Sicilian: Sanzuni m Spanish: Sansón m

surname

Middle English: Sampson

Further reading

Wikisource has original text related to this entry:

Bible, King James, Judges

• Samson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mansos, Ossman, masons, Sansom, Masons, Namsos, Masson, on mass

Faroese

Proper noun

Samson m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Samson: Samsonsson
• daughter of Samson: Samsonsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Samson
accusative	Samson
dative	Samsoni
genitive	Samsons

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.sɔ̃/

Proper noun

Samson m

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsãː.soːn] or (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsamp.soːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsam.son]

Proper noun

Samsōn m sg (genitive Samsōnis); third declension

1. Samson

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Samsōn
genitive	Samsōnis
dative	Samsōnī
accusative	Samsōnem
ablative	Samsōne
vocative	Samsōn

Descendants

• Italian: Sansone

References

• “Samson”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Proper noun

Samson

1. alternative form of Sampson

Occitan

Proper noun

Samson m

1. (Gascony) a male given name

References

• Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 155.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Sanson

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Samson, from Literary Hokkien 三孫 / 三孙 (sam-sun).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsamson/ [ˈsam.son̪]
• Rhymes: -amson
• Syllabification: Sam‧son

Proper noun

Samson (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

See also

• Tuazon / Tuason
• Tiongson / Tiongzon
• Sioson
• Echon / Ichon / Itchon / Etchon / Ychon
• Dizon
• Sison
• Gozon / Goson / Gozum
• Lacson
• Sitchon / Sichon
• Pueson
• Causon / Cauzon