Shimʻôwn — H8095

H8095 · Hebrew — שמעון

Pronunciation: shim-one'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him

  1. Simeon or Shimeon = "heard"
  2. the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon
  3. an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Simeon

Origin

from H8085; hearing

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shimʻôwn occurs 44 times in 39 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (10), Exodus (2), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (4), Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Ezekiel (3)

Strong's Lexicon — S