According to Strong's Lexicon, the Hebrew name Saul (or Shaul) means "desired".
"Saul" is the Hebrew name (שָׁאוּל, Šāʼûl ; "asked for"). "Paul" is the Greek name (Σαούλ, Saoul). "Saul, who is also Paul" (Acts 13:9). The Hebrew name "Saul" may also be referred to as his Jewish name. The Greek name "Paul" may also be referred to as his Roman name.
Saul means guardian hi and hello in every language except English
Paul's Hebrew name was pronounced shah-ool (שאול) in Hebrew. Since there is no sh sound in Greek, the Greeks would have pronounced it Sa'ool, which later became Anglicized as Saul.
the Hebrew name Yonatan (יונתן) means "God gave".
AnswerIn the passage where Stephen was stoned, Acts portrayed Saul as someone not man enough to get involved, but despicable enough to encourage the mob. Overall, Saul is portrayed as an archenemy of Christianity, certainly as a bad person.The author of acts portrayed Saul in such a way that the reader could have confused him with Saulus, who was described by Josephus as a bad person and an enemy of the Jews. Whether or not this apparent association was intentional, it added to the characterisation of Saul as a particularly disreputable person.
Yes it does. It was the name of Israel's first king and it's a Hebrew name in which the apostle's name was ''Paul''. It's pronounced ''Sahl'' and it's definition means ''prayed for''. It's of Hebrew origin and is used s a Biblical name, as well as ''Anglicized Hebrew'' and also ''Biblical Latin''. ''Saint Saul'' was the first name given to ''Saint Paul'' before he converted his religion over to Christianity, ( christians have always known him by ''Saint Paul'') and is derived into ''Paul'' by the Americans.
"Saul" was his Hebrew name and "Paul" his Roman name after conversion by the Holy Spirit
"Saul" is another one of those names that came from the Hebrew by way of King James.The Hebrew pronunciation is "shah-OOL".
Sha'ul (שאול) means "Saul". It also means "asked"
Saul (שאול)
Yes. King Saul was a Hebrew, so all of his children would be Hebrews as well.
It was a mixture of God, Saul, and the other apostles. They all decided that Saul needed a new name because he was such a changed person. So they re-named him Paul because that was probably a common name at the time and also a holy name.