Nave’s Topical Bible

Simeon

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Simeon in Easton’s Bible DictionaryWhat the word means and where it comes from
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 TRIBE OF, below
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

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