Lexical Definition

‎שִׁמְעוֹן‎ Shimʻôwn (shim-one') Simeon ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שָׁמַע‎; hearing

Simeon.

• § Simeon or Shimeon = "heard"
• Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him

1) the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon
2) an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

See Greek: Συμεών · Σίμων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁמְעוֺן‎₄₄ proper name, masculine (compare proper name ‎שמעון‎ in Palmyrene Lzb³⁷⁸; meaning doubtful; Rs and others compare said to mean offspring of hyena and wolf; see Hogg^{EBiv. 4531}); —

1. second son of Jacob and Leath, Συμεωη: Gen 29:33 (name explanation from ‎שָׁמַע‎), Gen 35:23; Exod 1:2 + 14 t. (associated especially with Levi Gen 34:25; Gen 34:30; Gen 49:5).

2. tribal name Judg 1:3 (twice in verse); Judg 1:17; Num 1:6 +; so ‎׳‎‎גְּנֵי שׁ‎ Num 1:22 + 7 t., ‎׳‎‎מַטֵה שׁ‎ Num 1:23; Num 2:12; Num 13:5 ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה גְנֵי שׁ‎ Num 10:19; Num 34:20; Josh 19:1; Josh 19:8; Josh 21:9; 1Chr 6:50*.

3. post-exilic Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:31.

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