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Simeon
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Simeón Siméon Símeon
English
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Etymology
en name :inh enm:Simeon<id:name>
From en enm Simeon, from en la Simeon, from en grc Σῠμεών, from en hbo שִׁמְעוֹן šimʿôn hearkening, listening, originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. en Simon.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɪ.mi.ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Simeon.wav Southern England
en ɪmiən 3
en Si me on
en simian
Proper noun
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en Q1773005en biblical character Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
Genesis 35 22 26 116 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.
en biblical One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.
Joshua 19 1 329 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.
en male Hebrew.
en.
A placename:
en unincorporated community co/Cherry County s/Nebraska c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Albemarle County s/Virginia c/USA.
Derived terms
en Simeonism Simeonite
Translations
second son of Jacob
Bulgarian: bg Симео́н m
Cherokee: chr ᏏᎻᏯᏂ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西緬 Xīmiǎn, cmn 西默盎 Xīmò'àng Catholic
Estonian: et Siimeon
Finnish: fi Simeon
Greek: el Συμεών m
Ancient Greek: grc Συμεών m
Gujarati: gu શિમયોન m
Hebrew: he שִׁמְעוֹן shimon
Hindi: hi शिमोन m
Kazakh: kk Шимеон
Latin: la Simeōn m
Macedonian: mk Симеон m
Māori: mi Himiona
Portuguese: pt Simeão m
Russian: ru Симео́н m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Simeon m
Sicilian: scn Simeuni m
Spanish: es Simeón
Vietnamese: vi Simêon
one of the twelve tribes of Israel
Bulgarian: bg Симео́н m
Hebrew: he שמעון m shim'on
Kazakh: kk Шимеон
Macedonian: mk Симеон m
Russian: ru Симео́н m
Sicilian: scn Simeuni m
male given name
Bulgarian: bg Симео́н m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西米恩 Xīmǐ'ēn
Chuvash: cv Ҫемен
Estonian: et Siim
Finnish: fi Simeoni
Greek: el Συμεών m
Ancient Greek: grc Συμεών
Hebrew: he שִׁמְעוֹן shimon
Ingrian: izh Semena
Macedonian: mk Симеон m
Māori: mi Himiona
Old Nubian: onw ⲥⲩⲙⲉⲱⲛ
Portuguese: pt Simeão m
Russian: ru Семён m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sìm m
Sicilian: scn Simeuni m
Yakut: sah Сэмэн
See also
Simeon (Bible)
Anagrams
en eimnos Emison Neoism Siemon Simone eonism mesion moesin monies semion
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Simeon, from Old Testament ceb he שִׁמְעוֹן hearkening, listening. Also from ceb es Simeon.
Pronunciation
ceb Si meon
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English,Spanish
ceb biblical character en Simeon
the tribe of Simeon
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Simeon, from fi grc Σῠμεών, from fi hbo שִׁמְעוֹן šimʿôn listening, hearkening (to a prayer).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Simeon biblical figure
fi male
Declension
0 Simeon a
Statistics
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References
fi Biblical characters
French
Proper noun
mf
en Simeon: fr
Latin
la:Simon
Alternative forms
la Symeōn
Etymology
la name :bor grc:Σῠμεών<id:name>
Borrowed from la grc Σῠμεών, from Old Testament la hbo שִׁמְעוֹן šimʿôn hearkening, listening.
Pronunciation
Simeōn yes
Proper noun
((Simeōn<0>,Simeōn<3>)) m
en Simeon Biblical figure, son of Jacob
other Biblical characters of the same name
Declension
((Simeōn<0>,Simeōn<3>))
Descendants
enm Simeon 1
References
Sĭmĕōn 1,443/1
la Biblical characters
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Symeon
Etymology
enm name :bor la:Simeon<id:name>
From enm la Simeōn.
Proper noun
Simeon
enm Stanzaic Life of Christ a. 1500 a. 1400? quoted in Matthew Sergi In the Long Run: Practical Time in the Chester Plays Practical Cues and Social Spectacle in the Chester Plays Chicago, Ill. w:University of Chicago Press 2020 174 https://books.google.com/books?id=k6L9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174 978-0-226-70923-9 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
Descendants
en Simeon
References
1
enm Biblical characters
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
m-an
sh male
Further reading