"Samson" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsæmsən/
Etymology: From Middle English Sampson, Sampsoun, Samson, from Latin Samson, from Ancient Greek Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Sampson}} Middle English Sampson, {{m|enm|Sampsoun}} Sampsoun, {{m|enm|Samson}} Samson, {{der|en|la|Samson}} Latin Samson, {{der|en|grc|Σαμψών}} Ancient Greek Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), {{der|en|he|שִׁמְשׁוֹן}} Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Samson
  1. An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress. (biblical character) Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Individuals Translations (Israelite judge): Simson (Afrikaans), 𐕚𐔰𐕌𐕢𐕚𐕒𐕎 (sampson) (Aghwan), شَمْشُون (šamšūn) [masculine] (Arabic), Սամսոն (Samson) (Armenian), Sanson (Basque), Самсон (Samsón) [masculine] (Belarusian), Samzun [masculine] (Breton), Самсон (Samson) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဆမ္မဆန် (hcamma.hcan) (Burmese), Samsó [masculine] (Catalan), 參孫 (Chinese Mandarin), 参孙 (Cānsūn) (Chinese Mandarin), Sansonu [masculine] (Corsican), Samson (Danish), Samson [Catholic, masculine] (Dutch), Simson [Protestant, masculine] (Dutch), Ŝamŝun (Esperanto), Ŝimŝono (Esperanto), Simson (Finnish), Samson [masculine] (French), Sansón [masculine] (Galician), სამსონი (samsoni) (Georgian), Samson [Catholic] (German), Simson [Protestant] (German), Σαμψών (Sampsón) [masculine] (Greek), שִׁמְשׁוֹן (shimshon) [masculine] (Hebrew), Sámson (Hungarian), Simson (Indonesian), Sansone [masculine] (Italian), サムソン (Samuson) (Japanese), 삼손 (samson) (Korean), Samson [masculine] (Latin), Samsonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Samsona (Malagasy), Samsuna (Maore Comorian), Hamihona (Maori), Sampson (Middle English), सैम्पसन (saimpasan) (Nepali), Samson (Norwegian), Sanson [masculine] (Old French), Sansão [masculine] (Portuguese), Самсо́н (Samsón) [masculine] (Russian), Са̀мсо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sàmsōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sanzuni [masculine] (Sicilian), Sansón [masculine] (Spanish), Simson (Swedish), சிம்சோன் (cimcōṉ) (Tamil), Самсо́н (Samsón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), שמשון (shmshun) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Samson-en-name-qKmxzfQi Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 53 9 24 14 Disambiguation of Individuals: 33 26 25 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 14 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 14 27 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 16 17 28 Disambiguation of 'Israelite judge': 82 3 12 4
  2. (by extension) Any very strong man. Tags: broadly Translations (very strong man): sansone [masculine] (Italian), sansão [masculine] (Portuguese), sanzuni [masculine] (Sicilian), sansón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Samson-en-name-VaHw3q5Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 14 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 14 27 29 Disambiguation of 'very strong man': 13 76 6 5
  3. A male given name from Hebrew. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (given name): ܫܸܡܫܘܿܢ (english: Little Sun, shimshon) (Classical Syriac), Samson [masculine] (Faroese), Samson [masculine] (French), שִׁמְשׁוֹן (shimshon) (Hebrew), Sampson (Middle English), Samson [masculine] (Occitan), Sansão [masculine] (Portuguese), Sanzuni [masculine] (Sicilian), Sansón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Samson-en-name-xvbLEMNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 14 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 14 27 29 Disambiguation of 'given name': 2 1 56 41
  4. An English surname derived from the given name. Translations (surname): Sampson (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-Samson-en-name-Ca2K09bW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 31 14 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 14 27 29 Disambiguation of 'surname': 5 3 40 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sampson Derived forms: Samson fox

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          "sense": "Israelite judge",
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          "word": "Sampson"
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          "sense": "Israelite judge",
          "word": "सैम्पसन"
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        }
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Simson"
    },
    {
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "sampson",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "𐕚𐔰𐕌𐕢𐕚𐕒𐕎"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šamšūn",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَمْشُون"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Samson",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Սամսոն"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Sanson"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Samsón",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Самсон"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samzun"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Samson",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Самсон"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hcamma.hcan",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "ဆမ္မဆန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samsó"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "參孫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Cānsūn",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "参孙"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansonu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Samson"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "Protestant",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Simson"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Ŝamŝun"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Ŝimŝono"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Simson"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
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      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sanson"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samsoni",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "სამსონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Simson"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sampsón",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Σαμψών"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shimshon",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שִׁמְשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Sámson"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Simson"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Samuson",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "サムソン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samson",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "삼손"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samsonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Samsona"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Samsuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Hamihona"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Sampson"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "saimpasan",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "सैम्पसन"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Samson"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Samsón",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Самсо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Са̀мсо̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sàmsōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sanzuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "Simson"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cimcōṉ",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "word": "சிம்சோன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Samsón",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Самсо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shmshun",
      "sense": "Israelite judge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שמשון"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very strong man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sansone"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very strong man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sansão"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "very strong man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sanzuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very strong man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sansón"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "english": "Little Sun, shimshon",
      "lang": "Classical Syriac",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "ܫܸܡܫܘܿܢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shimshon",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "שִׁמְשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Sampson"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samson"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansão"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sanzuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sansón"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Sampson"
    }
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}

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