שִׁמְעוֹן
Shimʻôwn · shim-one'
Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8085 (שָׁמַע); hearing;
Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Simeon.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁמְעוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of simeon24 · 55%
- simeon8 · 18%
- and simeon3 · 7%
- to simeon2 · 5%
- from them simeon1 · 2%
- is not, and simeon1 · 2%
- unto simeon1 · 2%
- so simeon1 · 2%
- with simeon1 · 2%
- and out of simeon1 · 2%
- shimeon1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.