Type Word Usage Ancient Hebrew Scripts שֶׁמֶשׁ(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Hebrew word meaning "the sun" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesšmš(Ancient Semitic) shams(Arabic) Given Name DescendantsSamson(Biblical) Sampson(Biblical Greek) Shimshon(Biblical Hebrew) Samson(Biblical Latin) Sampson, Samson(English) Samson(French) Shimshon(Hebrew) Sansone(Italian) Surname DescendantsSampson, Samson(English) Samson(French) Sansone(Italian) Sources & References Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8121, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8121.