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/
• 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

• Samson fox

 

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) (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)
• 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

• 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

• 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): /ˈsam.soːn/, [ˈs̠ä̃ːs̠oːn] or (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsamp.soːn/, [ˈs̠ämps̠oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsam.son/, [ˈsämson]

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

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →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