Bible Names

Simeon: meaning of the name

Simeon means “that hears or obeys; that is heard.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Simeon in Hebrew and Greek

שִׁמְעוֹן H8095

Shimʻôwn (shim-one') — Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him

from H8085 (שָׁמַע); hearing;

Συμεών G4826

Symeṓn — Symeon (i.e. Shimon), the name of five Israelites

from the same as G4613 (Σίμων);

People named Simeon in the Bible

Simeon in Scripture

“Simeon” appears in 45 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 29:33

    And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

  • Genesis 34:25

    And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

  • Genesis 34:30

    And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

  • Genesis 35:23

    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Genesis 42:24

    And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

  • Genesis 42:36

    And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

  • Genesis 43:23

    And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

  • Genesis 46:10

    And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.