Σαμψών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן (śimśōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sampˈson/ → /sampˈson/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sampˈson/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sampˈson/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sampˈson/

Proper noun

Σαμψών • (Sampsṓn) m (genitive Σαμψῶνος); third declension

1. (biblical) Samson, a judge of Israel.
   • New Testament, Hebr. 11:32:

     ἐπιλείψει με γὰρ διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, Δαυείδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν

     epileípsei me gàr diēgoúmenon ho khrónos perì Gedeṓn, Barák, Sampsṓn, Iephtháe, Daueíd te kaì Samouḕl kaì tôn prophētôn

     For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

Usage notes

While Josephus and certain passages in Judges decline Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), most other biblical sources treat it as indeclinable.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σαμψών; τοῦ Σαμψῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σαμψών ho Sampsṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Σαμψῶνος toû Sampsônos
Dative	τῷ Σαμψῶνῐ tôi Sampsôni
Accusative	τὸν Σαμψῶνᾰ tòn Sampsôna
Vocative	Σαμψών Sampsṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σαμψών (Sampsón); Σαμψώνας (Sampsónas)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4546 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible