שִׁמְעוֹן44 H8095
Simeon — second son of Jacob and Leah; the Israelite tribe descended from him
Shimon is a theophoric name linked to the verb shama ('to hear'), based on Leah's declaration at his birth: 'Because YHWH has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also' (Gen 29:33). Of the 44 occurrences, the name spans the patriarch himself, the tribe that bore his name, and its territorial allotments in the south absorbed into Judah. Simeon is often paired with Levi in both blessing and rebuke — Jacob's deathbed oracle censures both for the massacre at Shechem (Gen 34:25; 49:5-7). The Septuagint renders it Sumeon, and modern languages show minimal variation: Spanish 'Simeon,' French 'Simeon,' German 'Simeon.'
Senses
1. Simeon (proper name) — The name Shimon, from shama ('to hear'), designating Jacob's second son (Gen 29:33), the tribe descended from him, and its territory absorbed into Judah (Josh 19:1-9). Often paired with Levi in rebuke for the Shechem massacre (Gen 34:25; 49:5-7). The Septuagint's Sumeon preserves the etymology. 44×
AR["شِمْعُونَ", "شِمْعُونُ"]·ben["শিময়োনের", "শিমিয়োন", "শিমিয়োনকে", "শিমিয়োনের", "শিমোন", "শিমোনের"]·DE["Simeon", "Simeons"]·EN["Simeon"]·FR["Siméon"]·heb["שמעון"]·HI["शिमʿōन", "शिमोन", "शिमोन-का", "शिमोन-के", "शिम्ओन"]·ID["Simeon"]·IT["Simeone"]·jav["Simeon", "Siméon"]·KO["시메온", "시메온과", "시메온에게", "시메온을", "시메온의", "시므온", "시므온의", "시므온이라"]·PT["Shim'on", "Simeão"]·RU["Симеон", "Симеона", "Симеону", "Шимеона", "Шимон", "Шимона", "Шимьон"]·ES["Shimon", "Shimón", "Simeón"]·SW["Lawi", "Simeon", "Simeoni", "Simoni", "la-Simeoni", "wa-Simeoni", "za-Simeoni"]·TR["Şimeon'un", "Şimon", "Şimon'a", "Şimon'u", "Şimon'un"]·urd["شمعون", "شمعون-کا", "شمعون-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
שִׁמְעוֹן44 n.pr.m. (cf. n.pr. שמעון in Palm. Lzb 378; meaning doubtful; RS al. cp. سِمْعٌ, said to mean offspring of hyena and wolf; v. HoggEB iv. 4531);— 1. second son of Jacob and Leah, Συμεων: Gn 29:33 (name expl. from שָׁמַע), 35:23 Ex 1:2 + 14 times (assoc. especially with Levi Gn 34:25, 30; 49:5). 2. tribal name Ju 1:3(×2), 17 Nu 1:6 +; so בְּנֵי שׁ׳ Nu 1:22 + 7 times, מַטֵּה שׁ׳ Nu 1:23;…