SIMEON

1. Son of Jacob

Ge 29:33; 35:23; Ex 1:1,2; 1Ch 2:1

With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah

Ge 34; 49:5-7

Jacob's denunciation of

Ge 34:30; 49:5-7

Goes down into Egypt to buy corn (graini); is imprisoned by Joseph, and is detained

Ge 42:24,36; 43:23

His sons

Ge 46:10; Ex 6:15; 1Ch 4:24-37

Descendants of

Nu 26:12-14

See SIMEON, TRIBE OF

2. TRIBE OF

Military enrollment of, at Sinai

Nu 1:22,23; 2:13

On the plains of Moab

Nu 26:14

Place of, in camping and marching

Nu 2:12; 10:18,19

Inheritance allotted to

Jos 19:1-9; Jud 1:3-17; 1Ch 4:24-43

Stood on Mount Gerizim to bless at the time of the recounting of the law of Moses

De 27:12

Joined with the people of Judah and Benjamin in the renewal of the Passover

2Ch 15:9; with 15:1-15

Idolatry of

2Ch 34:6; with 34:1-7

See ISRAEL

3. A devout man in Jerusalem

Blesses Jesus (when an infant) in the temple

Lu 2:25-35

4. An ancestor of Jesus

Lu 3:30

5. A disciple

Also called NIGER

Ac 13:1

6. Name given to Peter

Ac 15:14

See PETER