High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שמשון, Modern Shimshon Tiberian Sims n, meaning "man of the sun"); Shamshoun (Arabic: شمشون ) or Sampson (Greek: Σαμψών) is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) (Book of Judges chapters 13 to 16).