Samson

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmsən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmsən

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.

• Sampson

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Samson m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

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

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.sɔ̃/

Samson m

1. a male given name
2. a surname

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

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

Samsōn m sg (genitive Samsōnis); third declension

1. Samson

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Italian: Sansone

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

Samson

1. alternative form of Sampson

Samson m

1. (Gascony) a male given name

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 155.

• Sanson

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

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

Samson (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

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