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Lexicon :: Strong's H8095 - šimʿôn

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שִׁמְעוֹן
Transliteration
šimʿôn
Pronunciation
shim-one'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שִׁמְעוֹן Shimʻôwn, shim-one'; from H8085; hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him:—Simeon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H8095 in the following manner: Simeon (43x), Shimeon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H8095 in the following manner: Simeon (43x), Shimeon (1x).

  1. Simeon or Shimeon = "heard"

    1. the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon

    2. an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁמְעוֹן Shimʻôwn, shim-one'; from H8085; hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him:—Simeon.
STRONGS H8095: Abbreviations
שִׁמְעוֺן 44 proper name, masculine (compare proper name שמעון in Palmyrene Lzb378; meaning doubtful; Rs and others compare bdb103501 said to mean offspring of hyena and wolf; see HoggEBiv. 4531); —
1. second son of Jacob and Leath, Συμεωη: Genesis 29:33 (name explanation from שָׁמַע), Genesis 35:23; Exodus 1:2 + 14 times (associated especially with Levi Genesis 34:25, 30; Genesis 49:5).
2. tribal name Judges 1:3 (twice in verse); Judges 1:17; Numbers 1:6 +; so גְּנֵי שׁ׳ Numbers 1:22 + 7 times, מַטֵה שׁ׳ Numbers 1:23; Numbers 2:12; Numbers 13:5; מַטֵּה גְנֵי שׁ׳ Numbers 10:19; Numbers 34:20; Joshua 19:1, 8; Joshua 21:9; 1 Chronicles 6:50.
† 3. post-exilic Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:31.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:33; 34:25; 34:30; 35:23; 49:5

Exodus

1:2

Numbers

1:6; 1:22; 1:23; 2:12; 10:19; 13:5; 34:20

Joshua

19:1; 19:8; 21:9

Judges

1:3; 1:17

1 Chronicles

6:50

Ezra

10:31

H8095

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8095 matches the Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn),
which occurs 44 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:33 - Then she conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, “Because the LORD heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon (God hears).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 -

Now on the third day [after the circumcision], when all the men were [terribly] sore and in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s [full] brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city [without anyone suspecting them of evil intent], and they killed every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me, making me a stench to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! My men are few in number, and the men of the land will band together against me and attack me; I shall be destroyed, I and my household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - He turned away from his brothers and [left the room and] wept; then he returned and talked with them, and took Simeon from them and bound him in front of them [to be kept as a hostage in Egypt].

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me [by causing the loss] of my children. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin [from me]. All these things are [working] against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - But the steward [encouraged them and] said, “Peace be to you, do not be afraid; your God and the God of your father has [miraculously] given you treasure in your sacks. I [already] had your money [which you paid to us].” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:10 - The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “Now your two sons [Ephraim and Manasseh], who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; [fn]Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine [that is, adopted as my heirs and sons as surely], as Reuben and Simeon are my sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 -

“Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel];

Their swords are weapons of violence and revenge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:15 - The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:6 - from [the tribe of] Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 -

Of the sons of Simeon, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, their numbered men according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those of the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - “Those who camp next to Reuben [on the south side] shall be the tribe of Simeon; and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai shall lead the sons of Simeon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 -

On the fifth day [it was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader [of the tribe] of the sons of Simeon [who presented his offering];

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:19 - and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai was [commander] over the tribal army of the sons of Simeon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:5 - from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:12 -

The sons of Simeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:20 - from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - “These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have crossed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, [fn]Joseph, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 -

Then the second lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families (clans), and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev (South country). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance within Judah’s inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 -

They gave these cities which are mentioned here by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - And [the tribe of the sons of] Judah said to [the tribe of the sons of] Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my allotted territory, so that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your allotted territory.” So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - Then [the warriors of the tribe of] Judah went with [the warriors of the tribe of] Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah (destruction).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 -

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:24 -

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - They gave by lot from the tribes of the sons of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities which are mentioned by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - of the tribe of Simeon, brave warriors, 7,100;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:9 - He gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers who were with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to Asa from Israel in large numbers when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:6 - In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:31 - and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:24 - “Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:25 - “Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - “On the south side, 4,500 cubits, by measurement, also three gates: one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
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