shimon · Simeon

What it means

shimon (שִׁמְעוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Simeon”.

The second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×10
• Exodus×3
• Numbers×10
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×6
• Judges×3
• 1 Chronicles×5
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×1
• Ezekiel×3

• Genesis 29:33

  She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because YHWH has heard that I am hated, he has given me this one too.” And she called his name Simeon.

• Genesis 34:25

  It happened on the third day, while they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, took each his sword and came upon the city, which was unsuspecting, and killed every male.

• Genesis 34:30

  Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I have few men; if they gather against me and strike me, I will be destroyed, I and my house.”

• Genesis 35:23

  The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

• Genesis 42:24

  He turned away from them and wept. Then he returned to them and spoke to them, and he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

• Genesis 42:36

  Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you would take; all of it has come upon me!”

• Genesis 43:23

  He said, “Peace to you; do not be afraid. Your Elohim and the Elohim of your father has given you treasure in your bags; your silver came to me.” Then he brought out Simeon to them.

• Genesis 46:10

  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul, the son of the Canaanite woman.

• Genesis 48:5

  And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

• Genesis 49:5

  Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

• Exodus 1:2

  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

• Exodus 6:15

  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul, the son of the Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

• Numbers 1:6

  from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

• Numbers 1:22

  Of the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those of them counted, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:

• Numbers 1:23

  those of them counted from the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

• Numbers 2:12

  Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the chief of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

• Numbers 7:36

  On the fifth day, the chief of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai:

• Numbers 10:19

  And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

• Numbers 13:5

  of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

• Numbers 26:12

  The sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

• Numbers 34:20

  of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel son of Ammihud;

• Deuteronomy 27:12

  “These shall stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin.

• Joshua 19:1

  And the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

• Joshua 19:8

  and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

• Joshua 19:9

  From the allotment of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of the sons of Judah was too great for them; so the sons of Simeon received their inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

• Joshua 21:9

  And from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon they gave these cities that are mentioned by name,

• Judges 1:3

  Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, and let us fight against the Canaanite; and I too will go with you into your lot.” And Simeon went with him.

• Judges 1:17

  Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanite who lived in Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So one called the name of the city Hormah.

• 1 Chronicles 2:1

  These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

• 1 Chronicles 4:24

  The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Saul;

• 1 Chronicles 4:42

  And some of them, of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir; and Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, were at their head.

• 1 Chronicles 6:65

  And they gave by lot, from the tribe of the sons of Judah, from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities that they call by name.

• 1 Chronicles 12:25

  of the sons of Simeon, mighty warriors for the army, seven thousand one hundred;

• 2 Chronicles 15:9

  He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the resident aliens with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and from Simeon; for great numbers from Israel had gone over to him when they saw that YHWH his Elohim was with him.

• 2 Chronicles 34:6

  And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around,

• Ezra 10:31

  And the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

• Ezekiel 48:24

  And beside the border of Benjamin, from the side of the east to the side of the sea: Simeon, one.

• Ezekiel 48:25

  And beside the border of Simeon, from the side of the east to the side of the sea: Issachar, one.

• Ezekiel 48:33

  And the side of the south, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

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