Συμεών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shim'ón).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.me.ɔ̌ːn/ → /sy.meˈon/ → /si.meˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.me.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.meˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.meˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.meˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.meˈon/

Proper noun

Σῠμεών • (Sumeṓn) m (genitive Συμεῶνος); third declension

1. Simeon; Simon

Usage notes

• While Josephus declines Συμεών (Sumeṓn), it is treated as indeclinable in biblical sources.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σῠμεών; τοῦ Σῠμεῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῠμεών ho Sumeṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠμεῶνος toû Sumeônos
Dative	τῷ Σῠμεῶνῐ tôi Sumeôni
Accusative	τὸν Σῠμεῶνᾰ tòn Sumeôna
Vocative	Σῠμεών Sumeṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Declension of ὁ Σῠμεών; τοῦ Σῠμεών (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῠμεών ho Sumeṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠμεών toû Sumeṓn
Dative	τῷ Σῠμεών tôi Sumeṓn
Accusative	τὸν Σῠμεών tòn Sumeṓn
Vocative	Σῠμεών Sumeṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Συμεών (Symeón)
• → Latin: Simeōn, Symeōn
  • → Middle English: Simeon, Symeon
    • English: Simeon
• → Old Armenian: Սիմէովն (Simēovn)
• → Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (swmaiōn)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4826 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible