- Transliteration: Sumeon

- Phonetic: soom-eh-one'

- Definition: Simon = "harkening"

1. the second son of Jacob by Leah

2. one of Abraham's descendants

3. the one who took the infant Jesus in his arms in the temple

4. a teacher at the church of Antioch

5. the original name of Peter the apostle

- Origin: from the same as G4613" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4613

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From the same as G4613" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4613; Symeon (that is Shimon) the name of five Israelites: - Simeon Simon.