International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sim'-e-on (Sumeon): the Revised Version (British and American) in Luke 3:30 Acts 13:1; Acts 15:14 for the King James Version "Simeon" (which see). The persons are:

(1) An ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:30).

(2) Symeon, called Niger, one of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch (Acts 13:1).

(3) For Simon Peter, see PETER; compare Acts 15:14.

See SIMEON, (4), (5), (6).