Simeon
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- Noun:
- (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
Word Origin
- Simeon
- masc. proper name, Biblical second son of Jacob and Leah; also a tribe of Israel; see Simon.
Example
- 1. Three days later , while all of them were still in pain , two of jacob 's sons , simeon and levi , dinah 's brothers , took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city , killing every male .
- 2. Their father jacob said to them , " you have deprived me of my children . Joseph is no more and simeon is no more , and now you want to take benjamin . Everything is against me ! "