Συμεών

Symeōn · Simeon

Greek word · Strong’s number G4826 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

Symeōn (Συμεών) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Simeon”.

A man's name: the old man who held Jesus in the temple; Jacob's son and his tribe; an ancestor of Jesus; Simeon called Niger; and Simon Peter.

How to say it

Sy·me·ōn

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Luke 2:25

    And look, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the comfort of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

  • Luke 2:34

    And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Look, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

  • Luke 3:30

    son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,

  • Acts 13:1

    Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

  • Acts 15:14

    Simeon has described how God first concerned himself to take from among the nations a people for his name.

  • 2 Peter 1:1

    Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus the Messiah:

  • Revelation 7:7

    from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,