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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(who hears). (1)
Son
of
Jacob
and
Leah
(
Gen. 29:33
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 29:33)
). For the crime in
Genesis 34:25-30
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.
26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
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 34:25‑30)
his
father
denounced him (
Gen. 49:5-7
5
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Genesis 49:5‑7)
). His tribe was small (
Num. 1:22-23; 26:14
22
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
23
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. (Numbers 1:22‑23)
14
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. (Numbers 26:14)
), and their
inheritance
a scattered portion of
Canaan
(
Josh. 19:1-9
1
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3
And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
4
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5
And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6
And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
7
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
8
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
9
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. (Joshua 19:1‑9)
). (2) Son of
Judah
in genealogy of Christ (
Luke 3:30
30
Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, (Luke 3:30)
). (3)
Simon
Peter
(
Acts 15:14
14
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. (Acts 15:14)
). (4) A venerable and pious
Jew
who blessed the child
Jesus
in
the temple
(
Luke 2:25-35
25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33
And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
34
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Luke 2:25‑35)
). (5)
Simeon
Niger
(
Acts 13:1
1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. (Acts 13:1)
). [NIGER.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
The second
son
of
Jacob
and
Leah
, and
head
of the tribe bearing his name. Except the attack that he, with
Levi
, made on
Shechem
, and his being kept by
Joseph
as a hostage, nothing personally is recorded of Simeon. He entered
Egypt
with Jacob, taking his
six
sons with him. On leaving Egypt, those numbered of the tribe were 59,300, but on entering the land after the forty years’ wanderings, there were only 22,200.
When Jacob blessed his sons he said, “Simeon and Levi are
brethren
; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.... in their anger they slew a
man
, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their
wrath
, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
Israel
” (
Gen. 49:5-7
5
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Genesis 49:5‑7)
). This scattering seems also intimated by the circumstance that when
Moses
blessed the tribes, Simeon is not mentioned.
The
lot
of Simeon was in the extreme
south
, having the
Philistines
on their
west
and the
desert
of
Paran
on their
east
. On the division of the
kingdom
they nominally belonged to the
ten
tribes, but were completely isolated from the other nine, so that they would have had either to coalesce with the two tribes (and of this we read nothing), or, according to the
prophecy
of Jacob, be “scattered in Israel.” They were, in a sense, lost in the land. In the future
day
of which
Ezekiel
prophesies, when
the
twelve
tribes will be restored and the land be re-divided, the tribe of Simeon has its portion (
Ezek. 48:24-35
24
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27
And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
30
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32
And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34
At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there. (Ezekiel 48:24‑35)
). They are also mentioned in
Revelation 7:7
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. (Revelation 7:7)
, when a
remnant
of them will be sealed for
blessing
.
2.
A “just and devout” man at
Jerusalem
, to whom it was revealed that he should not die until he had seen “the
Lord
’s Christ.” When the “child
Jesus
” was presented in
the temple
Simeon took Him up in his
arms
, blessed
God
and asked that he might depart in
peace
, for he had seen God’s
salvation
(
Luke 2:25, 34
25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. (Luke 2:25)
34
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Luke 2:34)
). He was one of those that looked for
redemption
in Israel.
3.
Son of
Juda
, in the
genealogy of
the Lord Jesus
(
Luke 3:30
30
Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, (Luke 3:30)
).
4.
A
disciple
and
prophet
at Antioch, designated
NIGER
(
Acts 13:1
1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. (Acts 13:1)
).
5.
Name by which
Simon
Peter
is called by James in
Acts 15:14
14
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. (Acts 15:14)
. In
2 Peter 1:1
1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)
also the name is Simeon in the
Greek
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
hearkening
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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