SIMEON


Meaning of SIMEON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-mē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Symeōn, from Hebrew Shim‘ōn

Date: before 12th century

1. : a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel

2. : a devout man of Jerusalem held to have uttered the Nunc Dimittis on seeing the infant Jesus in the temple

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