Simeon

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Simeon

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. A surname.
6. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
7. An unincorporated community 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: Συμεών (el) m (Symeón)

  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)
• Scottish Gaelic: Simeon m
• 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

• Bulgarian: Симео́н m (Simeón)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西米恩 (Xīmǐ'ēn)

• Chuvash: Ҫемен (Śemen)
• Estonian: Siim
• Finnish: Simeoni
• Greek: Συμεών (el) m (Symeón)
• Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן (he) (shimon)
• Ingrian: Semena
• Macedonian: Симеон m (Simeon)
• Maori: Himiona
• Portuguese: Simeão (pt) m
• Russian: Семён (ru) m (Semjón)
• Scottish Gaelic: Sìm m
• Sicilian: Simeuni m
• Yakut: Сэмэн (Semen)

See also

• Simeon (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

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

Alternative forms

• Symeōn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• Symeon

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: Simeon

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