Simeon, Tribe of
Simeon, Tribe of (שִׁמְעוֹן, shim'on, Συμεών, Symeōn). One of the 12 tribes of Israel. Takes its name from the second son of Leah and Jacob.
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One of the 12 tribes of Israel. Takes its name from the second son of Leah and Jacob.
Simeon, Tribe of
Simeon, Tribe of. One of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Jacob’s second son. Because of Simeon’s evil deed at Shechem, Jacob foretold that Simeon’s descendants would be dispersed among the other tribes of Israel (Gn 49:7).According to the Book of Joshua, Simeon’s inheritance was included in Judah’s
Simeonite
Simeonite. Member of Simeon’s tribe (Nm 26:14; Jos 21:4).See Simeon (Person) #1; Simeon, Tribe of.
Simeon, Tribe of
SIMEON, TRIBE OF One of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Jacob’s second son. Because of Simeon’s evil deed at Shechem, Jacob foretold that Simeon’s descendants would be dispersed among the other tribes of Israel (Gn 49:7).According to the book of Joshua, Simeon’s inheritance was included in Judah’s
Simeonite
SIMEONITE* Member of Simeon’s tribe (Nm 26:14; Jos 21:4). See Simeon (Person) #1; Simeon, Tribe of.
Simeon
Simeon (sim´ee-uhn; Heb., “to hear”).1 The second son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:33). Simeon and his brother Levi massacred the men of Shechem to avenge the rape of their sister, Dinah (Gen. 34, recalled in Jth. 9:1–4). Simeon was later held hostage in Egypt when Joseph sent the other brothers back
Simeonite
SIM´EONITE (simʹē-on-īt). A patronymic designation of a descendant of Simeon (which see) the second son of Jacob by Leah (Num. 25:14; 26:14; 1 Chron. 27:16).
Simeon, the tribe of
Simeon, The tribe of—was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5–7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wilderness by about two-thirds (comp. Num. 1:23; 26:14). Moses pronounces no blessing
Simeonites
SIMEONITES [SIMM ee un ites] — the descendants of Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:33; Num. 25:14; 1 Chr. 27:16).
SIMEON (1)
SIMEON (1)<sim’-e-on> ([שִׁמְעוֹן, shim̀on]; [Συμεών, Sumeon]; the Hebrew root is from [שָׁמַע, shama`], “to hear” (Genesis 29:33); some modern scholars (Hitzig, W. R. Smith, Stade, etc.) derive it from Arabic sima`, “the offspring of the hyena and female wolf”): In Genesis 29:33; 30:18-21;
Simeon
Simʹe-on [hearing], a common name in Scripture, occurring most often, however, in the abbreviated form Simon.1. The second of Jacob’s sons by Leah (Gen. 29:33), and the father of the tribe bearing his name. Along with his next younger brother, Levi, he took a fearful revenge upon the Shechemites for
Simeonites
SIMEONITES (Sĭmʹ ē ŏ nīts) People of the tribe of Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:33).
Simeon
SIMEONSimeon was the second-oldest son of *Jacob and ancestor of the Israelite tribe of the same name. The name Simeon is derived from the Hebrew verbal root šmʿ (“to hear”) and reflects the relief that his mother Leah felt at Simeon’s birth, knowing that God had heard that she was unloved by Jacob