Solomon

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Solomon (name)

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Solomon (disambiguation)

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Etymology

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləmən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑləmən/

Proper noun

Solomon (countable and uncountable, plural Solomons)

2. (biblical) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 4:34:

     And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

3. (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome.
   • 2025 January 22, Channel2 NOW Staff, “Solomon Henderson, Antioch High School shooter’s manifesto leaked”, in Channel2 NOW‎:

     Authorities have identified Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old student, as the suspect in the Antioch High School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.

4. (countable) A surname from Hebrew.
5. An unincorporated community in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.
6. A minor city in Dickinson County and Saline County, Kansas, United States.
7. An electoral division in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Derived terms

• judgement of Solomon
• judgment of Solomon
• Ring of Solomon
• Solomon equations
• Solomon Islands
• Solomon syndrome

Related terms

• Salome
• shalom
• Shalom
• Shlomo
• Shula
• Shulamith

Translations

king of Israel

Afrikaans: Salomo Amharic: ሰሎሞን (sälomon) Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (ar) m (sulaymān), سُلَيْمٰن m (sulaymān) (archaic) Aramaic: Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ (šlēmōn) Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon) Azerbaijani: Süleyman (az) Belarusian: Саламо́н m (Salamón) Bengali: সোলেমান (śōleman) Bulgarian: Соломон m (Solomon) Catalan: Salomó (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 所羅門 / 所罗门 (so2 lo4 mun4), 撒羅滿 / 撒罗满 (saat3 lo4 mun5) (Roman Catholicism) Mandarin: 所羅門 / 所罗门 (zh) (Suǒluómén), 撒羅滿 / 撒罗满 (zh) (Sāluómǎn) (Roman Catholicism), 索洛蒙 (Suǒluòméng) (Orthodox) Czech: Šalamoun (cs) m Danish: Salomo Dutch: Salomo (nl) Esperanto: Salomono Estonian: Saalomon Finnish: Salomo (fi) French: Salomon (fr), Solayman Old French: Salemon Galician: Salomón (gl) German: Salomo m, Salomon (de) m, Solomon m Greek: Σολομών (el) m (Solomón) Ancient: Σολομών m (Solomṓn) Haitian Creole: Salomon Hausa: Sulemanu Hawaiian: Solomona Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (he) m (sh'lomo) Hindi: सुलेमान (hi) m (sulemān), सुलैमान (sulaimān) Hungarian: Salamon (hu) Indonesian: Sulaiman Irish Solamh m Italian: Salomone (it) m Japanese: ソロモン (ja) (Soromon) Kapampangan: Suleman, Solomon Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen) Korean: 솔로몬 (Sollomon) Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman) Latin: Salomon m Macedonian: Соломон m (Solomon) Malay: Sulaiman (used by Muslims), Salomo (used by Christians) Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠮᠣᠩ (solomong) Maore Comorian: Sulaimana Ngazidja Comorian: Sulaimana Norwegian: Salomo Pashto: سليمان m Persian: سلیمان (fa) (soleymân) Polish: Salomon (pl) m Portuguese: Salomão (pt) m Romanian: Solomon Russian: Соломо́н (ru) m (Solomón) Sicilian: Salamuni m Spanish: Salomón (es) Swedish: Salomo (sv) Tajik: Сулаймон (tg) (Sulaymon) Thai: โซโลมอน (soo-loo-mɔɔn) Turkish: Süleyman (tr) Ukrainian: Соломо́н m (Solomón) Urdu: سُلَیمان m Uzbek: Sulaymon Yiddish: שלמה (Shloyme)

male given name

Albanian: Sulejman m Amharic: ሱለይማን m (suläyman) Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (ar) (sulaymān) Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon) Azerbaijani: Süleyman (az) Bashkir: Сөләймән (Söləymən) Belarusian: Саламо́н m (Salamón) Bengali: সুলাইমান (śulaiman) Breton: Salaun (br) m Bulgarian: Соломон m (Solomon) Catalan: Salomó (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 所羅門 / 所罗门 (zh) (Suǒluómén) Finnish: Salomo (fi), Salomon (fi) Galician: Salomón (gl) Greek: Σολομών (el) m (Solomón), Σουλεϊμάν (el) m (Souleïmán) Ancient: Σολομών m (Solomṓn) Greenlandic: Saalu Haitian Creole: Salomon Hausa: Sulemanu Hawaiian: Kolomona Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (he) m (sh'lomo) Hungarian: Salamon (hu) Kapampangan: Suleman, Solomon Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سِلێمان (silêman) Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman), Сулайман (Sulayman) Malay: Sulaiman, Suleman, Leman Persian: سلیمان (fa) (soleymân) Polish: Salomon (pl) m Portuguese: Salomão (pt) m Romanian: Solomon Russian: Соломо́н (ru) m (Solomón), Сулейма́н (ru) m (Sulejmán) Scottish Gaelic: Solamh m Sicilian: Salamuni m Tajik: Сулаймон (tg) (Sulaymon) Tatar: Сөләйман (Söläyman) Turkish: Süleyman (tr) Turkmen: Süleýman Urdu: سُلَیمان m Uzbek: Sulaymon Yiddish: שלמה m (shloyme), זלמן m (zalman)

Noun

Solomon (plural Solomons)

1. A person of unusual wisdom.
2. A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of about 20 liters, equivalent to 28 standard bottles.

See also

• Slimane

Latin

Alternative forms

• Salomōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ.ɫɔ.moːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔː.lo.mon]

Proper noun

Solomōn m sg (genitive Solomōnis); third declension

1. Solomon

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Solomōn
genitive	Solomōnis
dative	Solomōnī
accusative	Solomōnem
ablative	Solomōne
vocative	Solomōn

Descendants

• → English: Solomon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Соломонъ (Solomonŭ).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Solomon m

1. a village in Gârbou, Sălaj County, Romania
2. a surname