4540. Samareia

Strong's Lexicon

Samareia: Samaria

Original Word: Σαμάρεια
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Samareia
Pronunciation: sah-MAR-eh-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (sam-ar'-i-ah)
Definition: Samaria
Meaning: Samaria, a small district of Palestine, bounded by Galilee on the north, and by Judaea on the south, and taking its name from the city of Samaria, the ancient capital of the kingdom of (northern) Israel.

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Shomron)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: H8111 (שֹׁמְרוֹן, Shomron)

Usage: Samaria refers to both a city and a region in ancient Israel. It was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel after the division of the united monarchy. In the New Testament, Samaria is significant as a geographical area between Judea and Galilee, often associated with the Samaritans, a group distinct from the Jews of Judea.

Cultural and Historical Background: Samaria was established as the capital of the Northern Kingdom by King Omri around 880 BC. It became a center of idolatry and was often at odds with the Southern Kingdom of Judah. After the Assyrian conquest in 722 BC, the region was repopulated with foreigners, leading to the development of the Samaritan people, who had a syncretistic form of worship. By the time of Jesus, Jews and Samaritans had deep-seated animosities, partly due to religious and ethnic differences.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of Hebrew origin Shomron
Definition
Samaria, the name of both a city and a region in Pal.
NASB Translation
Samaria (11).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4540: Σαμάρεια

Σαμάρεια (on the accent cf. Chandler § 104; Buttmann, 17 (15); Σαμαρια T WH (see Tdf. Proleg., p. 87; cf. Iota); on the forms see Abbot in B. D. American edition, under the word), Σαμαρείας (cf. Buttmann, as above), ἡ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 5{a}) (Hebrew שֹׁמְרון, Chaldean שָׁמְרַיִן pronoun Scha-me-ra-in, Assyr. Samirina) (on the derivation, see B. D., under the word), Samaria;

1. the name of a city built by Omri king of Israel (1 Kings 16:24), on a mountain of the same name (שֹׁמְרון הַר, Amos 6:1), situated in the tribe of Ephraim; it was the capital of the whole region and the residence of the kings of Israel. After having been besieged three years by Shalmaneser (IV.), king of Assyria, it was taken and doubtless devastated by Sargon, his son and successor, , who deported the ten tribes of Israel and supplied their place with other settlers; 2 Kings 17:5f, 24; 2 Kings 18:9ff. After its restoration, it was utterly destroyed by John Hyrcanus the Jewish prince and high priest (see next word). Long afterward rebuilt once more, it was given by Augustus to Herod (the Great), by whom it was named in honor of Augustus Sebaste, i. e. Augusta (Strabo book 16, p. 760; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 7, 3; 8, 5). It is now an obscure village bearing the name of Sebustieh or Sebastiyeh (cf. Bädeker, Palästina, p. 354ff. (English translation, p. 340ff; Murray, Handbook, Part ii., p. 329ff)). It is mentioned, Acts 8:5 L T WH, εἰς τήν πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας (genitive of apposition, cf. Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 a.; (Buttmann, § 123, 4)), but according to the better reading, πόλει ... τῆς Σαμαρείας, the genitive is partitive, and does not denote the city but the Samaritan territory; cf. Acts 8:9.

2. the Samaritan territory, the region of Samaria, of which the city Samaria was the capital: Luke 17:11; John 4:4f, 7; Acts 1:8; Acts 8:1, 5 (see above), ; ; by metonymy, for the inhabitants of the region, Acts 8:14. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Samaria; Robinson, Palestine ii. 288ff; Petermann in Herzog 13:359ff; (especially Kautzsch in (Riehm under the word Samaritaner, and) Herzog edition 2, xiii. 340ff, and references there and in B. D. (especially American edition) under the word ).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Samaria.

Of Hebrew origin (Shomrown); Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Palestine -- Samaria.

see HEBREW Shomrown

Forms and Transliterations

Σαμαρείᾳ Σαμάρεια Σαμάρειαν Σαμαρείας Σαμαρια Σαμαρία Σαμαρίᾳ Σαμαριαν Σαμαρίαν Σαμαριας Σαμαρίας Samareia Samáreia Samareíāi Samareian Samáreian Samareias Samareías

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 17:11 N-GFS
GRK: διὰ μέσον Σαμαρείας καὶ Γαλιλαίας
NAS: between Samaria and Galilee.
KJV: the midst of Samaria and
INT: through [the] midst of Samaria and Galilee

John 4:4 N-GFS
GRK: διὰ τῆς Σαμαρείας
NAS: And He had to pass through Samaria.
KJV: go through Samaria.
INT: through Samaria

John 4:5 N-GFS
GRK: πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας λεγομένην Συχὰρ
NAS: to a city of Samaria called
KJV: a city of Samaria, which is called
INT: a city of Samaria called Sychar

John 4:7 N-GFS
GRK: ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ
NAS: a woman of Samaria to draw
KJV: a woman of Samaria to draw water:
INT: out of Samaria to draw water

Acts 1:8 N-DFS
GRK: Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἕως
NAS: Judea and Samaria, and even
KJV: Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
INT: Judea and Samaria and to

Acts 8:1 N-GFS
GRK: Ἰουδαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας πλὴν τῶν
NAS: of Judea and Samaria, except
KJV: and Samaria, except
INT: of Judea and Samaria except the

Acts 8:5 N-GFS
GRK: πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας ἐκήρυσσεν αὐτοῖς
NAS: to the city of Samaria and [began] proclaiming
KJV: the city of Samaria, and preached
INT: [a] city of Samaria proclaimed to them

Acts 8:9 N-GFS
GRK: ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρείας λέγων εἶναί
NAS: the people of Samaria, claiming
KJV: the people of Samaria, giving out
INT: people of Samaria saying to be

Acts 8:14 N-NFS
GRK: δέδεκται ἡ Σαμάρεια τὸν λόγον
NAS: heard that Samaria had received
KJV: that Samaria had received
INT: had received Samaria the word

Acts 9:31 N-GFS
GRK: Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχεν εἰρήνην
NAS: and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed
KJV: and Samaria, and were edified;
INT: Galilee and Samaria had peace

Acts 15:3 N-AFS
GRK: Φοινίκην καὶ Σαμάρειαν ἐκδιηγούμενοι τὴν
NAS: Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail
KJV: and Samaria, declaring
INT: Phoenicia and Samaria relating the

Strong's Greek 4540
11 Occurrences

Σαμαρείᾳ — 2 Occ.
Σαμάρειαν — 1 Occ.
Σαμαρείας — 8 Occ.