Judges 13:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Called his name Samson— It is not easy to determine the derivation of this word. That of those who derive it from שׁמשׁ Shemesh, the Sun, seems the most probable; Samson's birth being, as some say, the elevation of the Hebrews; so David is called a light of Israel. It cannot escape the notice of any reader, how remarkable a type Samson was of the Messiah; some particulars of which we shall mention at the close of his history.