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Συμεών

Συμεών

Ancient Greek

(4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /symeón/

(10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /symeón/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /simeón/

Proper noun

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

Simeon; Simon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Συμεών; τοῦ Συμεῶνος

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Συμεών
Genitive	τοῦ Συμεῶνος
Dative	τῷ Συμεῶνῐ
Accusative	τὸν Συμεῶνᾰ
Vocative	Συμεών
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Declension of ὁ Συμεών; τοῦ Συμεών

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

Usage notes

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

Descendants

English: Simeon
Greek: Συμεών ‎(Symeón), Συμεώνας ‎(Symeónas)
Latin: Symeōn

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979