Simeon
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Simeon or Shimon (שִׁמְעוֹן) is a Hebrew name meaning "Hearkening; listening", Standard Hebrew Šimʿon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn)
- Simeon (biblical figure), one of Jacob's sons
- Simeon (New Testament), righteous man, blessed Jesus and his parents in the Jerusalem temple
- Tribe of Simeon, one of the 12 tribes of the Jewish people
- Shimon ben Gamliel, nasi of the sanhedrin in 50 C.E.
- Shimon bar Yochia, a famous Rabbi who died on Lag beOmer
- Shimon Shkop, a world-renowned pre-war Jewish Rabbi
- Simon of Trent
- Simeon I of Bulgaria, a medieval Bulgarian tsar
- Simeon II of Bulgaria, the last Bulgarian tsar before Communist government
- Simeon Stylites, a 5th century monk
- Simeon the Proud, a 14th century Grand Prince of Moscow
- Simeon Bekbulatovich, a 16th century Russian ruler
- Simeon, a member of the musical group The Silver Apples
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