- Συμεών
- Συμεών, ὁ indecl. Semitic (שִׁמְעוֹן) name (for which the similar-sounding genuine Gk. name Σίμων [q.v.] is sometimes substituted; B-D-F §53, 2d; Mlt-H. 146.—LXX, Philo, Test12Patr, JosAs; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 3 al. In Joseph. Συμεών, ῶνος: Bell. 4, 159, Ant. 12, 265; Preisigke, Namenbuch) Symeon, Simeon.① son of Jacob (Gen 29:33.—49:5; Jdth 9:2; 4 Macc 2:19). Ancestor of the tribe of the same name (Jdth 6:15; ViHab 1 [p. 85, 19 Sch.]) Rv 7:7.② in the genealogy of Jesus Lk 3:30.③ a devout man in Jerusalem Lk 2:25, 34. In GJs 24:4 successor of Zacharias; 10:2 v.l. (for Σαμουήλ).④ Simeon surnamed Niger, named w. other teachers and prophets of the church at Antioch Ac 13:1.⑤ The original name of the apostle Peter (s. Σίμων 1) is occasionally written in this way Ac 15:14 (SGiet, L’Assemblée apostolique et le Décret de Jérusalem—Qui était Siméon?: RSR 39, ’51/52, 203–20). Συμεὼν (v.l. Σίμων) Πέτρος 2 Pt 1:1.—M-M.
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