Simeon

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See also: Simeón, Siméon, and Símeon

English

Etymology

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

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    Simeon

    1. (biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 35:22–26, column 2:
        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. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.
    3. A male given name from Hebrew.
    4. A surname.
    5. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
    6. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.

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    Cebuano

    Etymology

    From English Simeon, from Old Testament Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (hearkening, listening). Also from Spanish Simeon.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: Si‧meon

    Proper noun

    Simeon

    1. a male given name from English or Spanish
    2. (biblical) Simeon
    3. the tribe of Simeon

    Latin

     Simon on Latin Wikipedia

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    Etymology

      Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), from Old Testament Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, literally hearkening, listening).

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Simeōn m sg (variously declined, genitive Simeōn or Simeōnis); indeclinable, third declension

      1. Simeon (Biblical figure, son of Jacob)
      2. other Biblical characters of the same name

      Declension

      Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

      Case Singular
      Nominative Simeōn
      Genitive Simeōn
      Simeōnis
      Dative Simeōn
      Simeōnī
      Accusative Simeōn
      Simeōnem
      Ablative Simeōn
      Simeōne
      Vocative Simeōn

      Descendants

      • Middle English: Simeon, Symeon
        • English: Simeon

      References

      • Sĭmĕōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,443/1.

      Middle English

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        From Latin Simeōn.

        Proper noun

        Simeon

        1. Simeon
          • a. 1500 [a. 1400?], Stanzaic Life of Christ; quoted in “In the Long Run: Practical Time in the Chester Plays”, in Matthew Sergi, Practical Cues and Social Spectacle in the Chester Plays, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2020, →ISBN, page 174:
            Ones I rede that Simeon, / A qvile bifore that Crist was born, / Isaias boke he loket opon [] When Simeon segh þis ilk thing, / Merueilet wonderly he was, / And hopide hit hade ben fals wrytyng
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        Descendants

        Serbo-Croatian

        Proper noun

        Simeon m (Cyrillic spelling Симеон)

        1. a male given name

        Further reading

        • Simeon”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024