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שִׁמְעוֹן H8095
H8095 is the Hebrew word שִׁמְעוֹן, transliterated Shimʻôwn and said shim-one'. The King James Version most often renders it simeon.
What it means
Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him.
Where it comes from
from H8085 (שָׁמַע); hearing.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 38 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Simeon.
Verses using שִׁמְעוֹן
All 34 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 34:25 · KJV
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.
Genesis 34:30 · KJV
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 35:23 · KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 42:24 · KJV
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
Genesis 42:36 · KJV
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Genesis 46:10 · KJV
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Genesis 49:5 · KJV
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Exodus 1:2 · KJV
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Exodus 6:15 · KJV
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
Numbers 1:6 · KJV
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 1:22 · KJV
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;
Numbers 1:23 · KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 2:12 · KJV
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 10:19 · KJV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 13:5 · KJV
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Numbers 26:12 · KJV
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
Numbers 34:20 · KJV
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
Deuteronomy 27:12 · KJV
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
Joshua 19:1 · KJV
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.
Joshua 19:8 · KJV
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
Joshua 19:9 · KJV
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 21:9 · KJV
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
Judges 1:3 · KJV
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
Judges 1:17 · KJV
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
1 Chronicles 2:1 · KJV
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 4:24 · KJV
The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
1 Chronicles 4:42 · KJV
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
1 Chronicles 6:65 · KJV
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
1 Chronicles 12:25 · KJV
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
2 Chronicles 15:9 · KJV
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 34:6 · KJV
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
Ezekiel 48:24 · KJV
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
Ezekiel 48:25 · KJV
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
Ezekiel 48:33 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8095 mean?
H8095 is the Hebrew word שִׁמְעוֹן (Shimʻôwn), meaning Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him.
How is H8095 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it simeon (37 times), out of simeon (1 time).
How many times does H8095 appear in the Bible?
שִׁמְעוֹן (Shimʻôwn) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8095 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8085 (שָׁמַע); hearing.
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