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Simon
St. Simon the Zealot, by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611), from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado, Madrid
GenderMale
Name dayJanuary 5 (Hungary)

May 3 (Greece)
October 23 (France)

October 28 (Germany, Hungary, Sweden)
Origin
Word/nameGenesis 29:33
Meaning"He has heard"
Popularitysee popular names

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard." Some authors consider it a classical Greek name.[1] Commentators on the New Testament question the origin of the name, assuming that it can be either a hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, or a real Greek name.[2]

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Notes

  1. ^ Barnett Paul, Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times, InterVarsity Press, 2002, p. 232.
  2. ^ Samuel Tobias Lachs, A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1987, p. 58.
  3. ^ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon: σιμός
  4. ^ Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, Harvard University Press, 1985, p. 182.
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