Saul

See also: Saül, Saúl, and saul

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɔːl/

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• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /sɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɑl

Proper noun

Saul

1. (Christianity, Judaism) The first king of Israel in the Old Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 16:23, column 2:

     And it came to paſſe, when the euill ſpirit from God was vpon Saul, that Dauid tooke an harpe, and played with his hand: So Saul was refreſhed, and was well, and the euill ſpirit departed from him.

2. (Christianity) The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 13:9, column 2:

     Then Saul (who alſo is called Paul) filled with the holy Ghoſt, ſet his eyes on him

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 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

• Arabic: شَاؤُول‎ m (šāʾūl), طَالُوت‎ m (ṭālūt)
• Armenian: Սավուղ (Savuł)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܐܘܿܠ‎ m (Šaol)
• Bengali: তালূত (talūt)
• 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) m
• German: Saul m
• Greek: Σαούλ (el) m (Saoúl)

  Ancient: Σαῦλος m (Saûlos), Σαούλ m (Saoúl)

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

Hebrew name of Paul

• Arabic: شَاؤُول‎ m (šāʾūl)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܐܘܿܠ‎ m (Šaol)
• 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) m
• German: Saulus m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σαῦλος m (Saûlos), Σαούλ m (Saoúl)

• Italian: Saulo m
• Latin: Saulus m
• Maore Comorian: Saulusu
• Northern Sami: Sávlos
• Norwegian: Saulus
• Polish: Szaweł (pl) m
• Portuguese: Saulo (pt) m
• Russian: Сау́л m (Saúl), Савл m (Savl)
• Spanish: Saulo (es) m
• Swedish: Saul

male given name

• Arabic: سَوْل‎ m (sawl), شَاؤُول‎ m (šāʾūl)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܐܘܿܠ‎ m (Šaol)
• Dutch: Saul
• Esperanto: Saŭlo
• Finnish: Sauli (fi)
• Hebrew: שָׁאוּל‎ (he) m (sha'úl)
• Lithuanian: Saulius (lt) m
• Maori: Haora
• Northern Sami: Sávlos
• Polish: Saul (pl) m
• Portuguese: Saulo (pt) m
• Spanish: Saúl (es) m
• Yiddish: שאול‎ m (shoel)

Anagrams

• Auls, Luas, ULAS, ULAs, alus, auls

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.uːl/, [ˈs̠äuːɫ̪]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ul/, [ˈsäːul]

Proper noun

Saūl m sg (variously declined, genitive Saūl or Saūlis); indeclinable, third declension

1. Saul, the first king of Israel

Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Saūl
Genitive	Saūl Saūlis
Dative	Saūl Saūlī
Accusative	Saūl Saūlem
Ablative	Saūl Saūle
Vocative	Saūl

References

• “Saul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Saul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin Saūl, from Koine Greek Σαούλ (Saoúl), from Biblical Hebrew שָׁאוּל‎ (šāʾûl).

Proper noun

Saul m

1. Saul (first king of Israel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 30^a3

     Amal nád n-airigther ⁊ nád fintar a ndu·gníther hi suidi, sic ba in fortgidiu ⁊ ba hi temul du·gníth Saul cona muntair intleda ⁊ erelca fri Dauid.

     As what is done in this is not perceived and discovered, so it was covertly and it was in darkness that Saul with his people was making snares and ambushes against David.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈuw/ [saˈuʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈul/ [sɐˈuɫ]

Proper noun

Saul m

1. (biblical) Saul (first king of Israel)