First name Simeon in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Simeon is the name of the second-born son of Jacob (GEN 29:33), son of Leah. Meaning of the name: that hears or obeys; that is heard. Related names are: Judah, Levi, Issachar . The translations of Simeon in 91 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Simeón in Spanish to Piyeer in Wolof!
Wear it!And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. (GEN 29:33)
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. (GEN 34:25)
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (GEN 34:30)
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (GEN 35:23)
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. (GEN 42:24)
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. (GEN 42:36)
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. (GEN 43:23)
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. (GEN 46:10)
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. (GEN 48:5)
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. (GEN 49:5)
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, (EXO 1:2)
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. (EXO 6:15)
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. (EXO 6:15)
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (NUM 1:6)
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (NUM 1:22)
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. (NUM 1:23)
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (NUM 2:12)
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (NUM 2:12)
On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: (NUM 7:36)
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (NUM 10:19)
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. (NUM 13:5)
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: (NUM 26:12)
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. (NUM 34:20)
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: (DEU 27:12)
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. (JOS 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. (JOS 19:1)
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. (JOS 19:8)
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. (JOS 19:9)
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. (JOS 19:9)
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. (JOS 21:4)