Get to know Saul better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like king or missioner.
Saul in a sentence
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Saul meaning
- The first king of Israel in the Old Testament.
- The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
Synonyms of Saul
Using Saul
- The main meaning on this page is: The first king of Israel in the Old Testament. | The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament. | A male given name from Hebrew.
- Useful related words include: king, missioner, missionary, apostelic father.
- In the example corpus, saul often appears in combinations such as: saul and, call saul, of saul.
Context around Saul
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saul
- In this selection, "saul" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, occasions, steals, calm, kripke, steinberg and threatening stand out and add context to how "saul" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accounts of saul s rise and agag but saul disobeyed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saul" sits close to words such as brilliantly, cartridge and conceal, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saul
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
God had directed King Saul to destroy King Agag, but Saul disobeyed. (12 words)
Samuel arrives just as Saul is finishing sacrificing and reprimands Saul for not obeying his instructions. (16 words)
David then leaves the cave, revealing himself to Saul, and gives a speech that persuades Saul to reconcile. (18 words)
When David hears of this, he slips into Saul's camp by night, and again restrains his men from killing the king; instead he steals Saul's spear and water jug, leaving his own spear thrust into the ground by Saul's side. (43 words)
When word of Saul's needs reach Jesse, he sends David, who had been looking after a flock, and David is appointed as Saul's armor bearer and remains at court playing the harp as needed to calm Saul during his troubled spells. (43 words)
The passage referring to Saul as a choice young man, and goodly (1 Samuel 9:2) is in this view interpreted as meaning that Saul was not good in every respect, but goodly only with respect to his personal appearance (Num. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Saul threatening David, by José Leonardo On two occasions Saul threw a spear at David as he played the harp for Saul.
When David hears of this, he slips into Saul's camp by night, and again restrains his men from killing the king; instead he steals Saul's spear and water jug, leaving his own spear thrust into the ground by Saul's side.
When word of Saul's needs reach Jesse, he sends David, who had been looking after a flock, and David is appointed as Saul's armor bearer and remains at court playing the harp as needed to calm Saul during his troubled spells.
In 1 Samuel 10, the Lord tells the prophet that “I repent that I have made Saul king,” as Saul had rebelled against His instructions.
In the first in a series of online shows created for the Pace Gallery, the digital exhibit Saul Steinberg: Imagined Interiorsbrings together drawings, collages, and photographs by New York-based cartoonist and illustrator Saul Steinberg.
When Saul and Walt are exploring the options in regard to laundering the money, Saul suggests that Walt buys a laser tag facility.
Although David was prompted by his friend to use Saul’s spear to stab him in his sleep, David decided that it wasn’t his place to choose whether or not Saul died.
God had directed King Saul to destroy King Agag, but Saul disobeyed.
As Samuel turns to go, Saul seizes hold of his garments and tears off a piece; Samuel prophecies that the kingdom will likewise be torn from Saul.
David's warrior credentials lead to women falling in love with him, including Michal, Saul's daughter, who later acts to protect David against Saul.
David then leaves the cave, revealing himself to Saul, and gives a speech that persuades Saul to reconcile.
In the former, as the defeated Israelites flee, Saul asks his armour bearer to kill him, but he refuses and so Saul falls upon his own sword.
Samuel arrives just as Saul is finishing sacrificing and reprimands Saul for not obeying his instructions.
Saul Kripke Center The Saul Kripke Center at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York is dedicated to preserving and promoting Kripke's work.
Saul Kripke Saul Kripke argued that whether a sentence is paradoxical or not can depend upon contingent facts. citation citation If the only thing Smith says about Jones is A majority of what Jones says about me is false.
Saul leads the army to victory over the Ammonites, and the people congregate at Gilgal where they acclaim Saul as king and he is crowned.
The Books of Samuel give three differing accounts of Saul's rise to the throne: *Saul is sent with a servant to look for his father's strayed donkeys.
The passage referring to Saul as a choice young man, and goodly (1 Samuel 9:2) is in this view interpreted as meaning that Saul was not good in every respect, but goodly only with respect to his personal appearance (Num.
When Samuel learns that Saul has not obeyed his instructions he informs Saul that God has rejected him as king due to his disobedience.
After a tough semi-final he went on to beat a good boxer Saul Reid from Sacred Heart BC.
Common combinations with saul
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- saul and 14×
- call saul 14×
- of saul 13×
- saul is 11×
- saul goodman 11×
- king saul 8×
- saul centers 7×
- saul canelo 7×
- the saul 6×
- and saul 6×