Bible Names

Shaul: meaning of the name

Shaul means “Saul, asked; lent; a grave.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Shaul in Hebrew and Greek

שָׁאוּל H7586

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

passive participle of H7592 (שָׁאַל); asked;

People named Shaul in the Bible

Shaul in Scripture

“Shaul” appears in 7 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 46:10

    And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

  • Exodus 6:15

    And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

  • Numbers 26:13

    Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:48

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

  • 1 Chronicles 1:49

    And when Shaul was dead, Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:24

    The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

  • 1 Chronicles 6:24

    Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.