How many times is Samaritans mentioned in the Bible?
The word Samaritans appears 7 times in the King James Version, in 7 verses. It is found in 5 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Samaritans 7 times.
Samaritans in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Samaritans counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Samaritans | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 7 | 7 |
First and last mention of Samaritans
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
Common questions
How many times is Samaritans in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 1 of the 7 uses are in the Old Testament and 6 in the New Testament. Samaritans appears in 5 books of the 66 in the King James Version. John has the most (3), then 2 Kings (1) and Matthew (1).
Where is Samaritans first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is 2 Kings 17:29: "Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt." The last is Acts 8:25.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.