SYMEON

sim'-e-on (Sumeon): the Revised Version (British and American) in Luke 3:30; Acts 13:1; 15:14 for the King James Version "Simeon" (which see). The persons are:

(1) An ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:30).

(2) Symeon, called Niger, one of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch (Acts 13:1).

(3) For Simon Peter, see PETER, APOCALYPSE OF ; compare Acts 15:14.

See SIMEON (1) , (4), (5), (6).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.