How many times is Samson mentioned in the Bible?
The word Samson appears 36 times in the King James Version, in 35 verses. Counting every form (Samson, Samson's), it appears 39 times in 38 verses across 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Samson 36 times (39 with every form).
Samson in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Samson counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Samson | 36 | 36 |
| Samson's | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 39 | 39 |
First and last mention of Samson
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
The verse that uses it most is Judges 16:25, 2 times:
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Common questions
How many times is Samson in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 38 of the 39 uses are in the Old Testament and 1 in the New Testament. Samson appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Judges has the most (38), then Hebrews (1).
Where is Samson first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Judges 13:24: "And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him." The last is Hebrews 11:32.
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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 2026-10-05.