Simeon

Borrowed 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.mi.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɪmiən
• Hyphenation: Si‧me‧on
• Homophone: simian

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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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 unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.

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

• Hyphenation: si‧meon

Simeon

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

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

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

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

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

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