Συμεών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shim'ón).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sy.me.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sy.meˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sy.meˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sy.meˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.meˈon/
Proper noun
Σῠμεών • (Sŭmeṓn) m (genitive Συμεῶνος); third declension
Usage notes
- While Josephus declines Συμεών (Sumeṓn), it is treated as indeclinable in biblical sources.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Σῠμεών ho Sŭmeṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σῠμεῶνος toû Sŭmeônos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σῠμεῶνῐ tōî Sŭmeônĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σῠμεῶνᾰ tòn Sŭmeônă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠμεών Sŭmeṓn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Συμεών (Symeón)
- → Latin: Simeōn, Symeōn
- → 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