Lux Domini

Biblical figure

Who was Samson?

Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a “Nazarite...

First appears in Judges 13:24 · 2 books · 5 chapters

Overview

Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a “Nazarite unto God” from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5; comp. Num. 6:1-21).

Samson first appears in Judges 13:24. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 35 verse mentions across 2 books, most notably Judges, Hebrews.

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

4 chapter s · 34 verse mentions

Hebrews

1 chapter · 1 verse mention