And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
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Gill's Exposition
And the woman bare a son, and called name Samson,.... After these appearances were over, Manoah and his wife returned to their habitation, and she soon became pregnant, and at the usual course of time…
Barnes' Notes
Samson - The etymology is doubtful. Perhaps it comes from a word signifying “to minister,” in allusion to his Nazaritic consecration to the service of God.
Here is, 1. Samson's birth. The woman that had been long barren bore a son, according to the promise; for no word of God shall fall to the ground. Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 2. His…
Cambridge Bible
Samson The form implies that the word is either an adjective or a diminutive, -solar" or -little sun," from shemesh= -sun." The Engl. Samson, based on the Gk. Σαμψών, is nearer the original…