Saul

See also: Saül, Saúl, and saul

English

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁאוּל‎ (shaúl, “asked for”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɔːl/

Proper noun

Saul

The first king of Israel in the Old Testament
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 16:23:
  
  And it came to pass, that when the evil spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
The original name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 13:9:
  :
  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
A male given name.
- 2000, Peter Abrahams, Crying Wolf, Ballantine Books →ISBN
  “You got an uncle named Saul?” “I never mentioned him?” “What are you saying —you got some Jewish guy for an uncle?” “He's not Jewish. It's just a name they have back in the old country.”

Translations

first king of Israel

Armenian: Սավուղ (Savuł)
Catalan: Saül m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 掃羅, 扫罗 (sou³ lo⁴), 撒烏耳, 撒乌耳 (saat³ wu¹ ji⁵) (Catholic)

Mandarin: 掃羅 (zh), 扫罗 (zh) (Sǎoluó), 撒烏耳, 撒乌耳 (Sāwū'ěr) (Catholic)

Min Nan: 掃羅, 扫罗 (Sò-lô, Sàu-lô)
Czech: Saul m
Danish: Saul
Dutch: Saul
Finnish: Saul (fi)
French: Saül (fr)
German: Saul
Greek:
Ancient: Σαῦλος m (Saûlos), Σαούλ m (Saoúl)

Hebrew: שָׁאוּל‎ (he) (sha'úl)
Korean: 사울 (saul)
Latin: Saul
Maore Comorian: Saulusu
Ngazidja Comorian: Twalut
Northern Sami: Sávlos
Norwegian: Saul (no)
Portuguese: Saul (pt) m
Romanian: Saul
Russian: Сау́л m (Saúl), Савл m (Savl), Шау́ль m (Šaúlʹ)
Spanish: Saúl (es)
Swedish: Saul
Yiddish: שאול‎ m (shoel)

original name of Paul

Chinese:
Cantonese: 掃羅, 扫罗 (sou³ lo⁴), 掃祿, 扫禄 (sou³ luk⁶) (Catholic)

Mandarin: 掃羅 (zh), 扫罗 (zh) (Sǎoluó), 掃祿, 扫禄 (Sǎolù) (Catholic)

Min Nan: 掃羅, 扫罗 (Sò-lô, Sàu-lô)
Czech: Saul m, Šaul m, Šavel m
Danish: Saulus
Dutch: Saulus, Saul
Esperanto: Saŭlo
Finnish: Saul (fi)
French: Saul (fr)
German: Saulus

Greek:
Ancient: Σαῦλος m (Saûlos), Σαούλ m (Saoúl)
Latin: Saulus
Maore Comorian: Saulusu
Northern Sami: Sávlos
Norwegian: Saulus
Portuguese: Saulo (pt) m
Russian: Сау́л m (Saúl), Савл m (Savl)
Spanish: Saulo (es)
Swedish: Saul

male given name

Dutch: Saul
Esperanto: Saŭlo
Finnish: Sauli (fi)
Hebrew: שָׁאוּל‎ (he) m (sha'úl)
Lithuanian: Saulius (lt) m

Maori: Haora
Northern Sami: Sávlos
Portuguese: Saulo (pt) m
Spanish: Saúl (es)
Yiddish: שאול‎ m (shoel)

Anagrams

Auls, Luas, ULAS, ULAs, alus, auls

Old English

Noun

Saul f

alternate form of sawol

Portuguese

Proper noun

Saul m

(biblical) Saul (first king of Israel)

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