Bible Dictionary
Shimeon
Shimeon was an Israelite of the family of Harim who had married a foreign wife. In Ezra’s time, he divorced her among those who separated from such marriages.
Definition
Shimeon was an Israelite of the family of Harim who had married a foreign wife. In Ezra’s time he was among those who separated from such marriages and dismissed his foreign wife.
Biblical Usage
Shimeon is named in Ezra’s list of Israelites who had married foreign women and who put those marriages away during Ezra’s reform.
Historical Background
The supplied material places this action in the period associated with Ezra and gives no further information about Shimeon.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hearkening. Ezra 10:31.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(hearing (prayer), a lay man of Israel, of the family of Harim, who had married a foreign wife, and divorced her in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:31) (B.C. 458.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>shim'-e-on (shim`on; elsewhere "Simeon"): One of the sons of Harim who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:31; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Semeon; Lucian, Sumeon = 1 Esdras 9:32, "Simon Chosameus").</p>