Word Study · Strong's G4826 · Greek
Συμεών
Symeon
soom-eh-one'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Symeṓn
“Symeon (i.e. Shimon), the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Symeon (i.e. Shimon), the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Simeon, Simon.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- Συμεὼν7
How it is rendered · 3
- Simeon4
- of Simeon2
- Simon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM-P · 5
- N-GSM-P · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 2:25Συμεὼνsumeōnnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularNow there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.here: Simeon
- Luke 2:34Συμεὼνsumeōnnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,here: Simeon
- Luke 3:30Συμεὼνsumeōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularthe son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,here: of Simeon
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 13:1Συμεὼνsumeōnnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularNow in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.here: Simeon
- Acts 15:14Συμεὼνsumeōnnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSimon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.here: Simeon