Samaria
H8111
Proper Name
UBS
שֹׁמְרוֹן
Shômᵉrôwnsho-mer-one'
Proper Name Location
Definition
= town; ◄ constructed by king {L:Omri<SDBH:עָמְרִי>}; ► capital of northern {L:Israelite<SDBH:יִשְׂרָאֵל>} kingdom until it was conquered by {L:Assyrians<SDBH:אַשּׁוּר>}; ≈ often used metonymically to refer to the entire northern kingdom
Semantic Domains
Names of Locations
Etymology
from the active participle of H8104 (שָׁמַר); watch-station;
Occurrences101
Frequency Rank#343