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Simon is a given name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing". [1] It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". [2]: 232 [3] In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea. [4]
Joe Simon (1913–2011), Jewish-American comic book writer; Joe Simon (musician) (1936–2021), American soul and R&B artist; John Simon various, including : John Simon (1925–2019), American author and literary, film and drama critic; John Simon (record producer) (born 1941), American record producer for Columbia Records
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; Hebrew: חיים ויץ [χaˈim ˈvits]; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss , which he co-founded with Paul Stanley , Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in the early 1970s until their ...
Implying a derivation from the Hebrew term shama on, meaning "he has heard"; this is a similar etymology as the Torah gives for the theophoric name Ishmael ("God has heard"; Genesis 16:11), on the basis of which it has been argued that the tribe of Simeon may originally have been an Ishmaelite group (Cheyne and Black, Encyclopaedia Biblica).
Traditional Tomb of Simeon the Just, Jewish Encyclopedia (1906–1913). During Simeon's administration seven miracles are said to have taken place. A blessing rested (1) on the offering of the first fruits, (2) on the two sacrificial loaves, and (3) on the loaves of showbread, in that, although each priest received a portion no larger than an olive, he ate and was satiated without even ...
Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן, Modern: Šīmʾōn, Tiberian: Šīmʾōn) [1] was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe, The Tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been part of the original Israelite confederation. The ...
Simeon of Jerusalem, or Simon of Clopas (Hebrew: שמעון הקלפוס), was a Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem (63 or 70–107 or 117), succeeding James, brother of Jesus.
Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon; Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon; Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority Simon; Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel