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Simeon

//ˈsɪ.mi.ən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

    "Now the ſonnes of Iacob were twelue. 23 The ſonnes of Leah: Reuben Iacobs firſt borne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Iſſachar, and Zebulun. 24 The ſonnes of Rachel: Ioſeph, and Beniamin. 25 And the ſonnes of Bilhah, Rachels handmaid: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the ſonnes of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid: Gad, and Aſher. Theſe are the ſonnes of Iacob, which were borne to him in Padan Aram."

  2. 2
    One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.

    "And the ſecond lot came foorth to Simeon, euen for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Iudah."

  3. 3
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  4. 4
    A surname.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English Simeon, from Latin Simeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sŭmeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.

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