Simeon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Simeon
- (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.
- (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.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]second son of Jacob
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one of the twelve tribes of Israel
male given name
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See also
[edit]Simeon (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Simeon, from Old Testament Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (“hearkening, listening”). Also from Spanish Simeon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Si‧meon
Proper noun
[edit]Simeon
- a male given name from English or Spanish
- (biblical) Simeon
- the tribe of Simeon
Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), from Old Testament Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, literally “hearkening, listening”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.me.oːn/, [ˈs̠ɪmeoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.me.on/, [ˈsiːmeon]
Proper noun
[edit]Simeōn m sg (variously declined, genitive Simeōn or Simeōnis); indeclinable, third declension
- Simeon (Biblical figure, son of Jacob)
- other Biblical characters of the same name
Declension
[edit]Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Simeōn |
Genitive | Simeōn Simeōnis |
Dative | Simeōn Simeōnī |
Accusative | Simeōn Simeōnem |
Ablative | Simeōn Simeōne |
Vocative | Simeōn |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Sĭmĕōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,443/1.
Middle English
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[edit]Simeon
- 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
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- English: Simeon
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Simeon m (Cyrillic spelling Симеон)
- a male given name
Further reading
[edit]- “Simeon”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Serbo-Croatian)
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