Bible Names

Saul: meaning of the name

Saul means “demanded; lent; ditch; death.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Saul in Hebrew and Greek

שָׁאוּל H7586

Shâʼûwl (shaw-ool') — Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

passive participle of H7592 (שָׁאַל); asked;

Σαούλ G4549

Saoúl — Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul

of Hebrew origin (H07586);

Σαῦλος G4569

Saûlos — Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul

of Hebrew origin, the same as G4549 (Σαούλ);

Who named Saul in the Bible

Saul in Scripture

“Saul” appears in 351 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:37

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

  • Genesis 36:38

    And Saul died, and Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Samuel 9:2

    And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

  • 1 Samuel 9:3

    And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

  • 1 Samuel 9:5

    And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

  • 1 Samuel 9:7

    Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

  • 1 Samuel 9:8

    And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

  • 1 Samuel 9:10

    Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.