![]() ![]() Latvian: Sīmanis, Sīmans, Simons, Saimons.Chinese Traditional: 西蒙 ( Xīméng), 西門 ( Xīmén).Chinese Simplified: 西蒙 ( Xīméng), 西门 ( Xīmén).Aramaic (middle and modern): ܫܡܥܘܢ ( Šëmʻūn, Shem'un or Sëmʻān, Semaan).Συμεών is the Hellenization of the name found in the Septuagint and parts of the New Testament, this form continues in use through the mediaeval era, viz. This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. This practice carried over into English: in the King James Version, the name Simeon Niger is spelt Simeon ( Acts 13:1) as is Simeon (Gospel of Luke) ( Luke 2:25), while Peter is called Simon ( John 1:44). Simon is one Latinised version of the name, the others being Simeon or Symeon. Some commentators on the New Testament say that it could be a Hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, but if not then it indicates that Peter came from a " Hellenistic background" this was not unheard of in this era, as contemporary Jews such as Andrew the Apostle (Simon's brother) sometimes bore originally Greek names. The Hebrew name is Hellenised as Symeon ( Greek: Συμεών) in the Septuagint, and in the New Testament as both Symeon and, according to most authorities, Simon. : 232 In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea. ![]() It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". Simon is a given name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing". October 28 ( France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain) 1611), from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado, Madrid Simon the Zealot, by Peter Paul Rubens (c. ![]()
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