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Strong's G4540 Σαμάρεια (samareia)

Samareia means “Samaria” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4540 — mecukkah (“covering”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4540
Language Greek
Linked Usages 119
Books 20

Strong's G4540 Quick Answer

Strong's G4540 Σαμάρεια (Samareia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Samareia (sam-ar'-ei-ah) n/l. 1. Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Israel [of Hebrew origin (H8111)] It has 119 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include samaria. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
Samareia (sam-ar'-ei-ah) n/l. 1. Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Israel [of Hebrew origin (H8111)]
Usage
119 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
samaria

Meaning and Definition

Samareia (sam-ar'-ei-ah) n/l. 1. Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Israel [of Hebrew origin (H8111)] KJV: Samaria Root(s): H8111

Original Word
Σαμάρεια
Transliteration
Samareia
Derivation
Root: שׁוֹמְרוֹן R1: 8111
Morphology
Name Location

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4540. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

Samaria

Usage: Σαμαρία (Rec. -άρεια), -ας, ἡ (Heb. שֹׁמְרוֹן; Aram. שָׁמְרַיִן), Samaria; __(a) the city: Act.8:5 (and perhaps also Act.8:9, 14); __(b) the region: Luk.17:11, Jhn.4:4-5, 7, Act.1:8 8:1 (and perhaps also Act.8:9, 14) Act.9:31 15:3.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4540 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Samareia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Samaria Luke 17:11 11×

How Strong's G4540 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 99 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4540 (Σαμάρεια) appears 116 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4540 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4540 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 17:11 KJV

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

John 4:4 KJV

And he must needs go through Samaria.

John 4:5 KJV

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Strong's G4540 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

99 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

3 Kingdoms 13:32 Septuagint / Brenton

For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against the high houses in Samaria.

3 Kingdoms 16:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

3 Kingdoms 16:32 Septuagint / Brenton

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

Strong's G4540 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 2:12 Septuagint / Brenton

and by him they were delivered to Sheshbazzar the governor of Judea.

1 Esdras 2:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.

Judith 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

and to all that were in Samaria and the cities thereof, and beyond Jordan unto Jerusalem, and Bethany, and Chelous, and Kadesh, and the river of Egypt, and Tahpanhes, and Raamses, and all the land of Goshen,

Usage Excerpts

First 119 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4540.

3 Kingdoms 13:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against the high houses in Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 16:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
3 Kingdoms 16:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah went to appear before Ahab: and the famine was severe in Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, near the threshing floor of Ahab king of Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Naboth, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.
3 Kingdoms 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the son of Hadad gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, he and thirty-two kings with him, and all his horse and chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
3 Kingdoms 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the son of Hadad sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for foxes to all the people, even my infantry.
3 Kingdoms 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 21:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let thee go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
3 Kingdoms 21:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
3 Kingdoms 22:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.
3 Kingdoms 22:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.
3 Kingdoms 22:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahaziah son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria: in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria two years.
4 Kingdoms 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahaziah fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and inquire of Baal fly, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to inquire of him.
4 Kingdoms 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an angel of the Lord called Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ahaziah king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal fly, the god of Ekron? but it shall not be so.
4 Kingdoms 2:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went thence to Mount Carmel, and returned thence to Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Jehoram went forth in that day out of Samaria, and numbered Israel.
4 Kingdoms 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to her mistress, O that my lord were before the prophet of God in Samaria; then he would recover him from his leprosy.
4 Kingdoms 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha said to them, This is not the city, and this is not the way: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them away to Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when they entered into Samaria, that Elisha said, Open, I pray thee, O Lord, their eyes, and let them see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 6:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after this, that the son of Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung at five pieces of silver.
4 Kingdoms 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, As at this time, tomorrow a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So it came to pass as Elisha had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 10:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,
4 Kingdoms 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he arose and went to Samaria, and he was in the house of sheepshearing in the way.
4 Kingdoms 10:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he entered into Samaria, and smote all that were left of Ahab in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Elijah.
4 Kingdoms 10:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
4 Kingdoms 10:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days which Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty-eight years in Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 13:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah began Jehoahaz the son of Jehu to reign in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.
4 Kingdoms 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin: they walked in them—moreover the grove also remained in Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
4 Kingdoms 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoash king of Judah, Joash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria sixteen years.
4 Kingdoms 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
4 Kingdoms 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 14:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
4 Kingdoms 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began Jeroboam son of Joash to reign over Israel in Samaria forty and one years.
4 Kingdoms 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the thirty and eighth year of Uzziah king of Judah Zechariah the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
4 Kingdoms 15:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Shallum the son of Jabesh reigned: and in the thirty and ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah began Shallum to reign a full month in Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Menahem the son of Gadi went up out of Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him.
4 Kingdoms 15:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the thirty and ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years.
4 Kingdoms 15:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the fiftieth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began Pekahiah the son of Menahem to reign over Israel in Samaria two years.
4 Kingdoms 15:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria in the front of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him there were fifty men of the four hundred: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
4 Kingdoms 15:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the fifty-second year of Uzziah king of Judah began Pekah the son of Remaliah to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years.
4 Kingdoms 17:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
4 Kingdoms 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
4 Kingdoms 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Halah, and in Habor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes.
4 Kingdoms 17:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Cuthah, and men from Avva, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.
4 Kingdoms 17:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria for the Israelites, know not the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
4 Kingdoms 17:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria, and he settled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
4 Kingdoms 17:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt: and they feared the Lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the house of the high places.
4 Kingdoms 18:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah (this is the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel), that Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
4 Kingdoms 18:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took it at the end of three years, in the sixth year of Hezekiah (this is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, when Samaria was taken).
4 Kingdoms 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of the Assyrians carried away the Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes;
4 Kingdoms 18:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? for have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
4 Kingdoms 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
4 Kingdoms 23:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 23:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover Josiah removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Bethel.
2 Chronicles 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went down after a term of years to Ahab to Samaria: and Ahab slew for him sheep and calves, in abundance, and for the people with him, and he much desired him to go up with him to Ramoth of the country of Gilead.
2 Chronicles 18:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, and clothed in their robes, sitting in the open space at the entrance of the gate of Samaria: and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
2 Chronicles 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave orders to seek Ahaziah: and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jehu, and he slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So there was none in the house of Ahaziah to secure their power in the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 25:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of the host whom Amaziah sent back so that they should not go with him to battle, went and attacked the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon; and they smote three thousand among them, and took much spoil.
2 Chronicles 25:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel took captive of their brethren three hundred thousand, women, and sons, and daughters, and they spoiled them of much property, and brought the spoils to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 28:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was there a prophet of the Lord, his name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that were coming to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, the wrath of the Lord God of your fathers is upon Judah, and he has delivered them into your hands, and ye have slain them in wrath, and it has reached even to heaven.
2 Chronicles 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men who were called by name rose up, and took hold of the prisoners, and clothed all the naked from the spoils, and gave them garments and shoes, and gave them food to eat, and oil to anoint themselves with, and they helped also everyone that was weak with asses, and placed them in Jericho, the city of palm trees, with their brethren; and they returned to Samaria.
Ezra 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Isaiah 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.
Isaiah 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people of Ephraim, and they that dwelt in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,
Isaiah 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Calno, where the tower was built? and have I not taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?
Isaiah 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.
Isaiah 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols.
Isaiah 36:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Where is the god of Hamath, and Arpad? and where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they been able to deliver Samaria out of my hand?
Jeremiah 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.
Jeremiah 38:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant ye, and praise.
Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that there came men from Shechem, and from Salem, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and beating their breasts, and they had manna and frankincense in their hands, to bring them into the house of the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your elder sister who dwells on thy left hand is Samaria, she and her daughters: and thy younger sister, that dwells on thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Ezekiel 16:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.
Ezekiel 16:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will turn their captivity, even the captivity of Sodom and her daughters; and I will turn the captivity of Samaria and her daughters; and I will turn thy captivity in the midst of them:
Ezekiel 16:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall be restored as they were at the beginning, and thou and thy daughters shall be restored as ye were at the beginning.
Ezekiel 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and as for their names, Samaria was Oholah, and Jerusalem was Oholibah.
Ezekiel 23:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of thy sister Samaria,
Hosea 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;
Hosea 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
Hosea 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
Hosea 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of Aven; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
Hosea 10:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.
Hosea 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women with child ripped up.
Amos 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.
Amos 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.
Amos 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.
Amos 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that set at nought Zion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
Amos 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Beersheba, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again.
Obadiah 1:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that dwell in the south shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they in the plain the Philistines: and they shall inherit the mount of Ephraim, and the plain of Samaria, and Benjamin, and the land of Gilead.
Micah 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the word of the Lord came to Micah the son of Moresheth, in the days of Jotham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these calamities are for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Judah? is it not Jerusalem?
Micah 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore I will make Samaria as a storehouse of the fruits of the field, and as a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.
Luke 17:11 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
John 4:4 New Testament, KJV
And he must needs go through Samaria.
John 4:5 New Testament, KJV
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
John 4:7 New Testament, KJV
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
Acts 1:8 New Testament, KJV
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 8:1 New Testament, KJV
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:5 New Testament, KJV
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
Acts 8:9 New Testament, KJV
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Acts 8:14 New Testament, KJV
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Acts 9:31 New Testament, KJV
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Acts 15:3 New Testament, KJV
And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
1 Esdras 2:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and by him they were delivered to Sheshbazzar the governor of Judea.
1 Esdras 2:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
Judith 1:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and to all that were in Samaria and the cities thereof, and beyond Jordan unto Jerusalem, and Bethany, and Chelous, and Kadesh, and the river of Egypt, and Tahpanhes, and Raamses, and all the land of Goshen,
Judith 4:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore they sent into all the coasts of Samaria, and the villages, and to Beth-horon, and Belmain, and Jericho, and to Choba, and Aesora, and to the Valley of Salem:
Tobit 14:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Go into Media, my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonah the prophet spoke of Nineveh, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;
1 Maccabees 3:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.
1 Maccabees 10:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And concerning the three governments that are added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be joined with Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one, nor bound to obey other authority than the high priest’s.
2 Maccabees 15:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong places about Samaria, resolved without any danger to set upon them on the Sabbath day.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, And they that dwell among the Philistines, And that foolish people that dwell in Shechem.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4540, grouped by book.

3 Kingdoms 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 45 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 7 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4540 FAQ

What does samareia (Σαμάρεια) mean?

Samareia (Strong's G4540) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Samaria". Samareia (sam-ar'-ei-ah) n/l. 1. Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Israel [of Hebrew origin (H8111)]

How many times is samareia (Σαμάρεια) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 119 linked usages for Strong's G4540 across 20 books.

Where can I study samareia (Σαμάρεια) in context?

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What English words translate samareia (Σαμάρεια)?

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Does Strong's G4540 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 99 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4540, with linked reader references where each row is available.