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Simon "Simeon, or Shimon is a given name, from the Hebrew _he. שִׁמְעוֹן (Biblical "Šimʿon", Tiberian "Šimʿôn"). In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling "Symeon".
Meaning
The name is derived from Simeon, son of
Jacob andLeah , patriarch of theTribe of Simeon . The text ofGenesis (29:33) argues that the name of "Simeon" refers to Leah's belief that God had heard that she was hated by Jacob, in the sense of not being as favoured asRachel .: _he. כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה כִּי־שְׂנוּאָה אָנֹכִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי גַּם־אֶת־זֶה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמֹו שִׁמְעֹון׃:"Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon."implying a derivation from the Hebrew term "shama on", meaning "he has heard"; this is a similar etymology as the Torah gives for the theophoric name "Ishmael " ("God has heard"; Genesis 16:11), on the basis of which it has been argued that the tribe of Simeon may originally have been anIshmaelite group (Cheyne and Black, "Encyclopedia Biblica "). In classical rabbinical sources, the name is sometimes interpreted as meaning "he who listens [to the words of God] " (Genesis Rabbah 61:4), and at other times thought to derive from "sham 'in", meaning "there is sin", which is argued to be a prophetic reference toZimri 's sexual miscegenation with aMidianite woman, a type of relationship which rabbinical sources regard as sinful ("Jewish Encyclopedia").People called Simeon
Before Christ
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Simeon (Hebrew Bible) , one of Jacob's sons
*Tribe of Simeon , one of thetwelve tribes of Israel
* Simeon I ("ca" 300 BCE), Jewish High Priest, possibly identical with Simeon the Just
* Simon II (219–199 BCE), Jewish High Priest, possibly identical with Simeon the Just
*Simeon the Just (3rd century BCE?) a Jewish High Priest, also called "Simeon the Righteous" (not the same as the New Testament figure, below)Through 700 AD
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Simeon the Righteous , figure in the New Testament who blessed Jesus and his parents in the Jerusalem temple
*Simeon/Symeon of Jerusalem, 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem, perhaps one of theSeventy Apostles sent out byJesus
*Shimon ben Gamliel , Nasi of the Sanhedrin in 50 CE
*Shimon ben Gamliel II , Nasi of the Sanhedrin in c. 118 CE
*Shimon bar Yohai , a rabbi of the Tannaim period, possibly the author of the "Zohar "
*Simeon Stylites ("ca" 388–459), a Christian pillar-hermit from Sisan, Syria
*Simeon Stylites the Younger (521–597), a hermit and pillar-hermit from Antioch
*Simeon Stylites III , a 5th century (?) pillar-hermit
*Simeon was the name of one priest and one deacon martyred withAbda and Abdjesus
*Simeon the Holy Fool , Christian saint and hermit of the VI-th centuryFrom 701 AD to 1800 AD
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Simeon I of Bulgaria (866–927), a Bulgarian tsar
*Symeon Metaphrastes (10th century?) was the most renowned of the Byzantinehagiographer s
*Symeon the New Theologian : (949–1022)Eastern Orthodox saint
*Simeon (abbot) (994–1094), Abbot ofEly Cathedral
*Simeon Seth ("fl." 1070), Jewish Byzantine physician, writer, and grand chamberlain from Antioch
*Saint Simeon, born Stefan Nemanja (1109–1199), Serbian ruler and saint of theSerb Orthodox Church
*Symeon of Durham (d. after 1129), English chronicler and monk at Jarrow.
*Simeon the Proud , a 14th century Grand Prince of Moscow
*Simon of Trent , a 15th century boy supposedly killed by Jews, and formerly a martyr of the Catholic churchince 1800 AD
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Simeon II of Bulgaria , the last Bulgarian tsar before the Communist government
*Simeon Coxe (usually known only as Simeon), musician with the group Silver Apples
*Simeon S. Willis , a U.S. lawyer, judge and politician; he was governor of Kentucky from 1943–1947.
* [http://www.simeononline.com/ Simeon - An Australian band (melodic rock), based in Melbourne, Australia]Simeon was also the name of a commercial email client from the late 90's
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