Saul name definition |
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Saul name definition: this name in other languages, spelling and pronunciation variants, female and male variants of name Saul. |
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Define Saul |
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| From the Hebrew name שָׁאוּל (Sha'ul) which meant "asked for, prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel, as told in the Old Testament. Before the end of his reign he lost favour with God, and after a defeat by the Philistines he was succeeded by David as king. In the New Testament, Saul was the original Hebrew name of the apostle Paul. | |
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Is Saul a boy name? |
 Yes, name Saul has masculine gender. |
Where does the name Saul come from? |
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Name Saul most common in Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin. |
Other scripts for name Saul |
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שָׁאוּל (Hebrew) |
