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SIMEON
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• SIMEON (noun)
The noun SIMEON has 1 sense:
1. (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
Familiarity information: SIMEON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Simeon" is a kind of...):
patriarch (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Context examples
Or 'St. Simeon and the Devil.'
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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