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Simeon Scripture - Revelation 7:7

Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand....

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Simeon Scripture - 1 Chronicles 6:65

And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by [their] names....

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Simeon Scripture - Genesis 48:5

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....

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Simeon in Wikipedia

Simeon, or Shimon is a given name, from the Hebrew שמעון (Biblical Šimʿon, Tiberian Šimʿôn), pronounced /ˈsɪmiən/. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. The name is derived from Simeon, son of Jacob and Leah, patriarch of the Tribe of Simeon. The text of Genesis (29:33) argues that the name of Simeon refers to Le...

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Simeon (Hebrew Bible) in Wikipedia

According to the Book of Genesis, Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן, Shim'on) was, the second son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon. However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an etiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation[1]. With ...

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Simeon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. (See LEVI.) Jacob's second son by Leah, Genesis 29:33. From shaama, "hear"; as the birth of Reuben ("see a son") her firstborn convinced Leah that God saw her, so that of Simeon that God heard her. Levi's and Simeon's slaughter of the Shechemites (Genesis 34:25; Genesis 34:30) incurred Jacob's reproof (Genesis 49:5-7). Judah and Simeon join...

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Simeon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that hears or obeys; that is heard...

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Simeon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sim'-e-on (shim`on; Sumeon; the Hebrew root is from shama`, "to hear" (Gen 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 Gen 29:33; 30:18-21; 35:23, Simeon is given as full brother to Reuben, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, the son of Leah; and ...

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Simeon in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Jacob Ge 29:33; 35:23; Ex 1:1,2; 1Ch 2:1 With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah Ge 34; 49:5-7 Jacob's denunciation of Ge 34:30; 49:5-7 Goes down into Egypt to buy corn (graini); is imprisoned by Joseph, and is detained Ge 42:24,36; 43:23 His sons Ge 46:10; Ex 6:15; 1Ch 4:24-37 Descendants of Nu 26:12-...

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Simeon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(heard). 1. The second of Jacob's son by Leah. His birth is recorded in Ge 29:33 The first group of Jacob's children consists, besides Simeon, of the three other sons of Leah -- Reuben, Levi, Judah. Besides the massacre of Shechem, Ge 34:25 the only personal incident related of Simeon is the fact of his being selected by Joseph as the hostage ...

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