Definition of "Simeon"

Simeon

/ˈsɪ.mi.ən/

proper noun
1. (biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  Quotations
  Now the ſonnes of Iacob were twelue. 23 The ſonnes of Leah: Reuben Iacobs firſt borne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Iſſachar, and Zebulun. 24 The ſonnes of Rachel: Ioſeph, and Beniamin. 25 And the ſonnes of Bilhah, Rachels handmaid: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the ſonnes of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid: Gad, and Aſher. Theſe are the ſonnes of Iacob, which were borne to him in Padan Aram.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 35:22–26, column 2
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.
  Quotations
  And the ſecond lot came foorth to Simeon, euen for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Iudah.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Joshua 19:1, column 2
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname.
5. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.