Bible Names

Samlah: meaning of the name

Samlah means “his raiment; his left hand; his astonishment.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Samlah in Hebrew and Greek

שַׂמְלָה H8072

Samlâh (sam-law') — Samlah, an Edomite

probably for the same as H8071 (שִׂמְלָה);

Who named Samlah in the Bible

Samlah in Scripture

“Samlah” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 36:36

    And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

  • Genesis 36:37

    And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:47

    And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:48

    And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.