Simeon

Simeon

See also: Simeón, Siméon, and Símeon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Simeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (šimʿōn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.i.ən/
• Homophone: simian

Proper noun

Simeon

1. (biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 19:1, column 2:

     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. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname.
5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Simeonite

Translations

second son of Jacob

Chinese: Mandarin: 西緬／西缅 (Xīmiǎn), 西默盎 (Xīmò'àng) (Catholic) Estonian: Siimeon Finnish: Simeon Greek: Ancient: Συμεών m (Sumeṓn) Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (he) (shimon) Kazakh: Шимеон (Şimeon) Latin: Simeōn m Macedonian: Симеон m (Simeon) Maori: Himiona Portuguese: Simeão (pt) m Russian: Симео́н (ru) m (Simeón) Sicilian: Simeuni m Spanish: Simeón (es) Vietnamese: Simêon

one of the twelve tribes of Israel

Hebrew: שמעון‎ (he) m (shim'on) Kazakh: Шимеон (Şimeon) Macedonian: Симеон m (Simeon) Russian: Симео́н (ru) m (Simeón) Sicilian: Simeuni m

male given name

Chuvash: Ҫемен (Śemen) Estonian: Siim Finnish: Simeoni Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (he) (shimon) Macedonian: Симеон m (Simeon) Maori: Himiona Portuguese: Simeão (pt) m Russian: Семён (ru) m (Semjón) Sicilian: Simeuni m Yakut: Сэмэн (Semen)

See also

• Simeon (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Emison, Neoism, Siemon, Simone, eonism, mesion, moesin, monies, semion

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish 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
2. (biblical) Simeon
3. the tribe of Simeon

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Testament Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (“hearkening, listening”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.oːn/, [ˈs̠ɪmeoːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.on/, [ˈsiːmeon]

Proper noun

Simeōn m sg (genitive Simeōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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

References

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