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Simon

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew ????????? ?im?on, meaning "he [God] has heard."*Simeon *Simon *Shimon...


Simeon, or Shimon is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Šim?on, Tiberian Šim?ôn). In Greek, it is written S?µe??, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.

name is derived from Simeon
Simeon (Biblical figure)

Simeon was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelites of Tribe of Simeon; however some Biblical criticism view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an etiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation....
, son of Jacob
Jacob

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob , also known as Israel , was the third Biblical patriarchs and the ancestor of the twelve Israelites....
 and Leah
Leah

Leah is the first of the Polygamy in Judaism of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob, and mother of six of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, along with one daughter from Genesis in the Old Testament of the Bible....
, patriarch of the Tribe of Simeon
Tribe of Simeon

The Tribe of Simeon was one of the Israelites. At its height, the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah; the boundaries with the tribe of Judah are vague, and it seems that Simeon may have been an enclave within the west of the territory of the tribe of Judah....
. The text of Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 (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 as Rachel
Rachel

Rachel is the second and favorite wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible....
.
"Because the LORD had heard that I was hated, he had therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon."
implying a derivation from the Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 term shama on, meaning "he has heard"; this is a similar etymology as the Torah gives for the theophoric name Ishmael
Ishmael

Ishmael is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Qur'an. Judaism, Christianity and Islam Ishmael is Abraham's eldest son or first born and natural heir....
 ("God has heard"; Genesis 16:11), on the basis of which it has been argued that the tribe of Simeon may originally have been an Ishmaelite
Ishmaelite

Ishmaelite may refer to:* one of the Ishmaelites, descendants of Ishmael in the Bible, later identified with Arabs.* an Ismaili, a follower of a branch of Shia Islam....
 group (Cheyne and Black, Encyclopedia Biblica).






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See also: Simon
Simon

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew ????????? ?im?on, meaning "he [God] has heard."*Simeon *Simon *Shimon...


Simeon, or Shimon is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Šim?on, Tiberian Šim?ôn). In Greek, it is written S?µe??, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.

Meaning

The name is derived from Simeon
Simeon (Biblical figure)

Simeon was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelites of Tribe of Simeon; however some Biblical criticism view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an etiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation....
, son of Jacob
Jacob

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob , also known as Israel , was the third Biblical patriarchs and the ancestor of the twelve Israelites....
 and Leah
Leah

Leah is the first of the Polygamy in Judaism of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob, and mother of six of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, along with one daughter from Genesis in the Old Testament of the Bible....
, patriarch of the Tribe of Simeon
Tribe of Simeon

The Tribe of Simeon was one of the Israelites. At its height, the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah; the boundaries with the tribe of Judah are vague, and it seems that Simeon may have been an enclave within the west of the territory of the tribe of Judah....
. The text of Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 (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 as Rachel
Rachel

Rachel is the second and favorite wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible....
.
"Because the LORD had heard that I was hated, he had therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon."
implying a derivation from the Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 term shama on, meaning "he has heard"; this is a similar etymology as the Torah gives for the theophoric name Ishmael
Ishmael

Ishmael is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Qur'an. Judaism, Christianity and Islam Ishmael is Abraham's eldest son or first born and natural heir....
 ("God has heard"; Genesis 16:11), on the basis of which it has been argued that the tribe of Simeon may originally have been an Ishmaelite
Ishmaelite

Ishmaelite may refer to:* one of the Ishmaelites, descendants of Ishmael in the Bible, later identified with Arabs.* an Ismaili, a follower of a branch of Shia Islam....
 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 to Zimri
Zimri

Zimri may refer to:*Either of two characters in the Bible:**Zimri , the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time of the Israelites were in the desert...
's sexual miscegenation with a Midianite woman, a type of relationship which rabbinical sources regard as sinful (Jewish Encyclopedia).

People called Simeon


Before Christ

  • Simeon (Hebrew Bible), one of Jacob's sons
  • Tribe of Simeon
    Tribe of Simeon

    The Tribe of Simeon was one of the Israelites. At its height, the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah; the boundaries with the tribe of Judah are vague, and it seems that Simeon may have been an enclave within the west of the territory of the tribe of Judah....
    , one of the twelve tribes of Israel
  • Simeon I
    Simon I (High Priest)

    Simon I son of Onias I, was Kohen Gadol in the Temple in Jerusalem. Some identify him as Simeon the Just.References...
     (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
    Simeon the Just

    Simeon the Just was the Jewish Kohen Gadol during the time of the Second Temple. He is also known for some of his views which are recorded in the Mishnah, ....
     (3rd century BCE?) a Jewish High Priest, also called "Simeon the Righteous" (not the same as the New Testament figure, below)


Through 700 AD

  • Simeon the Righteous
    Simeon the Righteous

    Simeon the Righteous is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to , met the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple of Jerusalem to fulfill the Pidyon HaBen on the fortieth day from Jesus' birth....
    , figure in the New Testament who blessed Jesus and his parents in the Jerusalem temple
  • Simeon/Symeon of Jerusalem
    Simeon of Jerusalem

    Saint Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Clopas, was a Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the second Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem#Bishops of Jerusalem....
    , 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem, perhaps one of the Seventy Apostles sent out by Jesus
    Jesus

    Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
  • Shimon ben Gamliel
    Shimon ben Gamliel

    Shimon ben Gamliel was a Tannaim sage and leader of the Jewish people. He succeeded his father Gamliel I as the Nasi of the Sanhedrin after his father's death in 50 CE and just before the destruction of the Second Temple....
    , Nasi of the Sanhedrin in 50 CE
  • Shimon ben Gamliel II
    Shimon ben Gamliel II

    Shimon ben Gamliel II was a Tannaim of the third generation and president of the Great Sanhedrin. Shimon was a youth in Betar when the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out, but when that fortress was taken by the Romans he managed to escape the massacre ....
    , Nasi of the Sanhedrin in c. 118 CE
  • Shimon bar Yohai, a rabbi of the Tannaim period, possibly the author of the Zohar
    Zohar

    The Zohar is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. It is a mystical commentary on the Torah , written in medieval Aramaic language....
  • Simeon Stylites
    Simeon Stylites

    Saint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite was a Christian ascetism saint who achieved fame because he lived for 37 years on a Church of Saint Simeon on top of a pillar near Aleppo in Syria....
     (ca 388–459), a Christian pillar-hermit
    Stylites

    Stylites or Pillar-Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying....
     from Sisan, Syria
  • Simeon Stylites the Younger
    Simeon Stylites the Younger

    Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger [also known as 'St. Simeon of the Admirable Mountain'] is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches and Latin Rites....
     (521–597), a hermit and pillar-hermit
    Stylites

    Stylites or Pillar-Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying....
     from Antioch
  • Simeon Stylites III
    Simeon Stylites III

    Simeon Stylites III was a stylites bearing the same name as Simeon Stylites and Simeon Stylites the Younger.He is honoured by both the Greek Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church....
    , a 5th century pillar-hermit
    Stylites

    Stylites or Pillar-Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying....
  • Simeon was the name of one priest and one deacon martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
    Abda and Abdjesus

    Abda and Abdjesus were two Christian bishops who were martyred at Kaskhar under Shapur II on May 16, 366. They were first placed between heavy boards to crush their bones, and later beheaded....
  • Simeon the Holy Fool
    Simeon the Holy Fool

    Simeon the Holy Fool was a Christianity monk, hermit and saint of the VI-th century A.D. He is considered to be a patron saint of all holy fools and also puppeteers.    , Christian saint and hermit of the VI-th century


From 701 AD to 1800 AD

  • Simeon I of Bulgaria
    Simeon I of Bulgaria

    Simeon I the Great ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantine Empire, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe....
     (866–927), a Bulgarian tsar
  • Symeon Metaphrastes
    Symeon Metaphrastes

    Saint Symeon Metaphrastes was the most renowned of the Byzantine Empire hagiographers. Scholars have been very much divided as to the period in which he lived, dates ranging from the 9th century to the 14th having been suggested; but it is now generally agreed that he flourished in the second half of the 10th century....
     (10th century?) was the most renowned of the Byzantine
    Byzantine Empire

    Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
     hagiographers
  • Symeon the New Theologian
    Symeon the New Theologian

    Symeon the New Theologian is the latest of three saints of the Eastern Orthodox church to have been given the title of Theologian thus, although his title of "new" was likely to distinguish him from another contemporary Symeon ....
    : (949–1022) Eastern Orthodox saint
    Saint

    A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
  • Simeon (abbot)
    Simeon (abbot)

    Simeon was a relative of William I of England and the brother of Walkelin, through whose influence he was made prior of Winchester Cathedral, then in 1082 Abbot of Ely, where he began work on the present building....
     (994–1094), Abbot of Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral

    Ely Cathedral is the principal Church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Ely. It is known locally as "the ship of the The Fens", because of its prominent shape that towers above the surrounding flat and watery landscape....
  • Simeon Seth
    Simeon Seth

    Simeon Seth or Symeon Seth was an 11th-century Jewish Byzantine Empire doctor, scholar, and grand Chamberlain under Emperor Michael VII, originally from Antioch....
     (fl. 1070), Jewish Byzantine physician, writer, and grand chamberlain from Antioch
  • Saint Simeon, born Stefan Nemanja
    Stefan Nemanja

    Stefan Nemanja was a Medieval Serb nobleman, descended from the House of Vojislavljevic who was Grand Prince of the History of Medieval Serbia state of Rascia from 1166 to 1199....
     (1109–1199), Serbian ruler and saint of the Serb Orthodox Church
  • Symeon of Durham
    Symeon of Durham

    Symeon of Durham , English historians in the Middle Ages and a monk of Durham Priory. When William of Saint-Calais returned from his Norman exile in 1091, Symeon was probably in his company....
     (d. after 1129), English chronicler and a monk of Durham Priory.
  • Simeon the Proud, a 14th century Grand Prince of Moscow
  • Simon of Trent
    Simon of Trent

    Simon of Trent ; also known as Simeon; born late 15th century, died c. March 21, 1475) was a boy from the city of Trento, Italy whose disappearance was blamed on the leaders of the city's Jewish community based on their confessions under torture, causing a major blood libel against Jews in Europe with ramifications that lasted almost five...
    , a 15th century boy supposedly killed by Jews, and formerly a martyr of the Catholic church
  • Simeon Uroš
    Simeon Uroš

    Simeon Uro? or Sini?a Uro?, also Symeon Ouresis Palaiologos , was the ruler of Despotate of Epirus from 1359 to 1366 and of Thessaly from 1359 until his death in c....
    , a 14th century ruler of Epirus and Thessaly


Since 1800 AD


  • Simeon II of Bulgaria, the last Bulgarian tsar before the Communist government, also prime minister
    Prime minister

    A prime minister is the most senior minister of Cabinet in the Executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician....
     from 2001-2005.
  • Simeon Coxe (usually known only as Simeon), musician with the group Silver Apples.
  • Simeon S. Willis
    Simeon S. Willis

    Simeon Slavens Willis was a United States lawyer, judge and politician. He was governor of Kentucky from 1943?1947.Simeon S. Willis was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, one of nine children and moved to Greenup County, Kentucky, as a child....
    , a U.S. lawyer, judge and politician; he was governor of Kentucky from 1943–1947.
  • Simeon Dorsey, creator and developer of Jetman, a popular Facebook application with over a quarter-million users.


See also

  • Simon
    Simon

    Simon is a common name, from Hebrew ????????? ?im?on, meaning "he [God] has heard."*Simeon *Simon *Shimon...
  • Simone
    Simone

    Simone is a female given name derived from Simon, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". It first appears in Iberia from the 10th century, as Jimena, Ximena, feminine eponym of Jimeno II of Pamplona, founder of the Jim?nez dynasty....