Simeon

Borrowed from Old Testament Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (“hearkening, listening”); Simeon, a son of Jacob.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.i.ən/
• Homophone: simian

Simeon

1. (biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.
3. A male given name.

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 19:1

  And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

• Simeonite

• Simeon (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

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

• Hyphenation: si‧meon

Simeon

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

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.oːn/, [ˈsɪ.me.oːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.on/, [ˈsiː.me.on]

Simeōn m (genitive Simeōnis); third declension

1. Simeon (Biblical figure, son of Jacob)
2. other Biblical characters of the same name

Third declension.

• Sĭmĕōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,443/1