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Symeon
SYMEON sĭm’ ī ən (Συμεών, G5208), KJV SIMEON. 1. One of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch who set apart Paul and Barnabas for missionary work (
2. Jewish name for Simon Peter (q.v.) as used by James in
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
the Revised Version (British and American) in
(1) An ancestor of Jesus (
(2) Symeon, called Niger, one of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch (
(3) For Simon Peter, see Peter; compare
See Simeon, (4), (5), (6).