Simeon, Symeon, or Shimon is a Hebrew name (שִׁמְעוֹן) meaning "hearkening; listening", pronounced in Biblical Hebrew Šimʿon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the spelling with a 'y'. In this disambiguation page, only the most common spelling of each name is used, though often both Simeon and Symeon are in common usage. Categories: Language stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Canaanite languages | Hebrew language ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Bible, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early middle ages, beginning in the 8th century. ...

See also Simon. Simon is a common name. ...

Before the Common Era

• Simeon (Biblical figure), one of Jacob's sons
• Tribe of Simeon, one of the 12 tribes of the Jewish people
• Simeon I (ca 300 BCE), Jewish High Priest, possibly identical with Simeon the Just
• Simon II (219-199 BCE), Jewish Hiph Priest, possibly identical with Simeon the Just
• Simeon the Just (3rd century BCE?) a Jewish High Priest, also called "Simeon the Righteous" (not the same as the N.T. figure, below)

Simeon was Jacobs second son. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Simon I son of Onias, (310-291 or 300-270 BCE) was High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Through 700 CE

• Simeon the Righteous, figure in the New Testament who blessed Jesus and his parents in the Jerusalem temple
• Simeon/Symeon of Jerusalem, 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem, perhaps one of the Seventy Apostles sent out by Jesus
• Shimon ben Gamliel, nasi of the sanhedrin in 50 CE
• Shimon bar Yohai, a rabbi of the Tannaim period, possibly the author of the Zohar
• Simeon Stylites (ca 388-459), a Christian pillar-hermit from Sisan, Syria
• Simeon Stylites the Younger (521-597), a hermit and pillar-hermit from Antioch
• Simeon Stylites III, a 5th century (?) pillar-hermit

Simeon the Righteous (also Simeon the Elder, Simeon the God-Receiver, or Holy Simeon) is the just and devout man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2:25-35, met the Virgin Mary and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on... Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Cleophas was the leader of the church of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Jewish Christians, and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem. ... The Seventy of the Gospel of Luke 10:1 – 20, though not literally named apostles, were followers that Jesus appointed and sent away (the Greek verb form apostello, not the noun form apostolos). ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Shimon ben Gamliel succeeded his father Gamliel I as the nasi of the sanhedrin after his fathers death in 50 ce and just before the destruction of the Second Temple. ... Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, (Simon son of Yohai), was a Palestinian rabbi during the Roman period, after the destruction of the Second Temple. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ruins of St Simeons column, Syria. ... Pillar-Saints (Stylites, from Greek stylos) are a class of ascetic who, from early Christian times, retired from the world to the Syrian Desert, and, perched on pillars, used to spend days and nights in fasting and praying, in the belief that by mortification of their bodies they would ensure... Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger (521 - May 24, 597) is an Eastern saint. ... Pillar-Saints (Stylites, from Greek stylos) are a class of ascetic who, from early Christian times, retired from the world to the Syrian Desert, and, perched on pillars, used to spend days and nights in fasting and praying, in the belief that by mortification of their bodies they would ensure... Simeon Stylites III was a pillar hermit bearing the same name as Simeon Stylites and Simeon Stylites the Younger. ... Pillar-Saints (Stylites, from Greek stylos) are a class of ascetic who, from early Christian times, retired from the world to the Syrian Desert, and, perched on pillars, used to spend days and nights in fasting and praying, in the belief that by mortification of their bodies they would ensure...

From 701 CE to 1800 CE

• Simeon I of Bulgaria (866-927), a Bulgarian tsar
• Symeon Metaphrastes (10th century?) was the most renowned of the Byzantine hagiographers
• Symeon the New Theologian: (949-1022) Eastern Orthodox saint
• Simeon (abbot) (994-1094), Abbot of Ely Cathedral
• Simeon Seth (fl. 1070), Jewish Byzantine physician, writer, and grand chamberlain from Antioch
• Saint Simeon, born Stefan Nemanja (1109-1199), Serbian ruler and saint of the Serb Orthodox Church
• Symeon of Durham (d. after 1129), English chronicler and monk at Jarrow.
• Simeon the Proud, a 14th century Grand Prince of Moscow
• Simon of Trent, a 15th century boy supposedly killed by Jews, and formerly a martyr of the Catholic church

Simeon the Great (modern painting) Tsar Simeon the Great (Bulgarian: Цар Симеон Велики, Tsar Simeon Veliki) (lived c. ... Symeon Metaphrastes was the most renowned of the Byzantine hagiographers. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... Hagiography is the study of saints. ... Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) is one of three saints of the Eastern Orthodox church to have been given the title of Theologian (the others are St. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are usually depicted as having halos. ... Simeon was a relative of William I and the brother of Walkelin, through whose influence he was made prior of Winchester, then in 1082 Abbot of Ely, where he began work on the present building. ... Front of Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Ely. ... Simeon Seth(i) or Symeon Seth(i) Συμεών Μάγιστρος Αντιοχείας του Σήθι ٍSymeōn Magister of Antioch, son of Sēth (sometimes Simeo; sometimes Sethus) was an 11th-century Jewish Byzantine doctor, scholar, and grand chamberlain (protovestiarius) under Emperor Michael VII Doukas, originally from Antioch. ... Image:Simeon. ... Early history The Serbs migrated to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610-641). ... Symeon (or Simeon) of Durham (d. ... Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi (the Proud) (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian;) (1316 - 1353), Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir, oldest son of Ivan Kalita. ... Simon of Trent (? - approx. ...

Since 1800 CE

• Simeon II of Bulgaria, the last Bulgarian tsar before the Communist government

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.