Open Reference Library

Browse by collection

Selected Collection

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Search published reference entries by person, place, event, topic, or concept.

DictionariesPublished dictionariesTopical reference works

EncyclopediasPublished encyclopediasEdition and source records

Loading resource…

Berean Institutes

Advanced biblical and theological study grounded in the historical, linguistic, and cultural world of the New Testament and early Christianity.

Academics

Programs Continuing Education Academic Calendar Faculty

Public Scholarship

Institution

Community

שִׁמְעוֹן — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: שִׁמְעוֹן

Text size 19pxWidth Theme

Search Lexicons

BDB

שִׁמְעוֹן

šimʿôn

Simeon

שִׁמְעוֹן 44 n.pr.m.

1. second son of Jacob and Leah

2. tribal name

3. post-ex. Jew with foreign wife

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.