noun · masculine
simōnos
Strong’sG4613
Simon
stem simōn-75 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Simon is a personal name, not a common noun. It is a Greek form used in the New Testament as a substitute for the Hebrew name Symeon 1, and Strong's notes it as being of Hebrew origin, borne by a number of different Israelites named in Scripture 2.
In the New Testament it is applied to at least nine distinct individuals: Simon Peter; Simon the Zealot; one of the brothers of Jesus; the father of Judas Iscariot; Simon of Cyrene, who carried the cross; Simon the Pharisee; Simon of Bethany, called "the leper"; Simon Magus, a Samaritan sorcerer; and Simon the tanner of Joppa 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Σίμων, -ωνος, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4613 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsee'-mone
Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSimon.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs, used proverbial of a confederate in evil, οἶδα Σίμωνα καὶ Σ. ἐμέ Refs 2nd c.AD+
II name of a throw of the dice, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | simōnos27×Σίμων | simōnois |
| object accusative | simōnon16×Σίμωνα | simōnoin |
| direct address vocative | simōnor9×Σίμων | simōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | simōnou16×Σίμωνος | simōnoiu |
| to, for dative | simōno7×Σίμωνι | simōnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
simōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
75 occurrences, every one of them listed
simōnos“Simon”subjectnominative singular27×
Matthew 10:2… apostoloiu teim onomeim atō houteim; prōtos Simōnos tos legorōntos Petros kai Andreos tos …… names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew …
Matthew 10:4Simōnos tos Kananaios kai Ioudos tos Iskariōtos …Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who …
Matthew 13:55… adelfois autou Iakōbos kai Iōsēf kai Simōnos kai Ioudos?… and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Matthew 16:16apokrinirantos de Simōnos Petros legata; Sis asō tos christos …Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ …
Mark 1:36kai katadiōkata auton Simōnos kai tois meta autou,Simon and his companions went to look …
Luke 5:5kai apokrinirantos Simōnos legata; Epistator, dia holau nuktau kopiarantois …“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all …
Luke 5:8horarantos de Simōnos Petros prospiptata tei gonuei Iēsu legarōntos; …When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at …
Luke 7:43apokrinirantos Simōnos legata; Hupolabamō hoti ho tem polloterem …… the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus …
John 1:42… auto tos Iēsus legata; Sis asō Simōnos tos huios Iōannou, sis kalisi Kēfos …… at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be …
John 6:68apokrinita auto Simōnos Petros; Kurior, pros tinon apercheni? rēmeim …Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would …
John 13:9legatō auto Simōnos Petros; Kurior, mē toin podoin mu …“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet …
John 13:24neuatō oun houto Simōnos Petros punthanera tinos an atoiō peri …So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask …
John 13:36Legatō auto Simōnos Petros; Kurior, pou hupagasō? apokrinita Iēsus; …“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I …
John 18:10Simōnos oun Petros echarōntos machairan helkata autan …Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck …
John 18:15Akolouthate de to Iēso Simōnos Petros kai allosos mathētos. tos de …Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following …
John 18:25Ate de Simōnos Petros stēarēntos kai thermainorōntos. legala oun …Simon Peter was still standing and warming …
John 20:6erchotō oun kai Simōnos Petros akoloutharōntos auto, kai eiserchata eis …Simon Peter arrived just after him. He …
John 21:2ale homou Simōnos Petros kai Thōmos tos legorōntos Didumos …Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from …
John 21:3legatō autoi Simōnos Petros; Hupagamō halieuarō; legalō auto; Erchonō …Simon Peter told them, “I am going …
John 21:7… Iēsus to Petro; Tos kurios atō. Simōnos oun Petros, akouarantos hoti tos kurios …… is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the …
John 21:11anabainata oun Simōnos Petros kai helkata tem diktuem eis …So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the …
Acts 1:13… Bartholomaios kai Mathaios, Iakōbos Halfaiou kai Simōnos tos zēlōtos kai Ioudos Iakōbou.… and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of …
Acts 8:9Andros de tinos onome Simōnos prouparchate en ta pola mageuarōntos kai …… to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city …
Acts 8:13tos de Simōnos kai autos pisteuata, kai baptizirantos ate …Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He …
Acts 8:18horarantos de tos Simōnos hoti dia tau epithesiau taiu cheiraiu …When Simon saw that the Spirit was given …
Acts 8:24apokrinirantos de tos Simōnos legata; Divar vis huper mu pros …Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for …
Acts 10:18kai fōnarantois punthanole ei Simōnos tos epikalorōntos Petros enthade xenizotō.They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
simōnon“Simon”objectaccusative singular16×
Matthew 4:18… thalassan tau Galilaiau horata duo adelfoin, Simōnon ton legorōnton Petron kai Andreon ton …… of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew …
Matthew 27:32Exerchorōntois de heuriskala anthrōpon Kurēnaion onome Simōnon; houton angareuala hina airateia ton stauron …… found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry …
Mark 1:16… para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau horata Simōnon kai Andreon ton adelfon Simōnou amfiballarōntoin …… the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were …
Mark 3:18… ton tou Halfaiou kai Thaddaion kai Simōnon ton Kananaion… Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
Mark 15:21Kai angareualō paragarōnton tinon Simōnon Kurēnaion erchorōnton apo agrou, ton patron …Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander …
Luke 5:4… de paueta lalarōntos, legata pros ton Simōnon; Epanagasar eis tem bathem kai chalavar …… had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and …
Luke 5:10… to Simōno. kai legata pros ton Simōnon tos Iēsus; Mē fobosōr; apo tou …… not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch …
Luke 6:14Simōnon hon kai onomazata Petron kai Andreon …Simon, whom He named Peter, and his …
Luke 6:15… kai Thōmon kai Iakōbon Halfaiou kai Simōnon ton kalorōnton Zēlōton… Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
Luke 23:26Kai hōs apagala auton, epilaberantois Simōnon tinon Kurēnaion erchorōnton apo agrou epitithala …… soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in …
John 1:41… houtos prōtem ton adelfon ton idion Simōnon kai legatō auto; Heuriskanē ton Mession …He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found …
John 13:6erchotō oun pros Simōnon Petron. legatō auto; Kurior, sis mu …He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are …
John 20:2trechatō oun kai erchotō pros Simōnon Petron kai pros ton alloson mathēton …So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the …
Acts 10:5… pempasar androin eis Ioppan kai metapempesar Simōnon tinon hos epikalotō Petros;… to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
Acts 10:32pempasar oun eis Ioppan kai metakalesar Simōnon hos epikalotō Petros; houtos xenizotō en …Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is …
Acts 11:13… legaranton; Apostelasar eis Ioppan kai metapempesar Simōnon ton epikalorōnton Petron,… and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
simōnor“Simon”direct addressvocative singular9×
Matthew 16:17… tos Iēsus legata auto; Makarios asō, Simōnor Bariōna, hoti sarkas kai haimem ouk …Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was …
Matthew 17:25… tos Iēsus legarōntos; Tinem si dokatō, Simōnor? tois basilevois tau gēau apo tinoiu …… preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the …
Mark 14:37… autoin katheudarōntoin, kai legatō to Petro; Simōnor, katheudasō? ouk ischuasa henan hōran grēgorara?… Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were …
Luke 7:40… apokrinirantos tos Iēsus legata pros auton; Simōnor, echamō si tinem legara. tos de; …But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you …
Luke 22:31Simōnor Simōnor, idou tos Satanos exaiteta vin …Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift …
Luke 22:31Simōnor Simōnor, idou tos Satanos exaiteta vin teu …Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all …
John 21:15… legatō to Simōno Petro tos Iēsus; Simōnor Iōannou, agapasō min polloterem houtoiu? legatō …… finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love …
John 21:16legatō auto palin deuterem; Simōnor Iōannou, agapasō min? legatō auto; Nai, …Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love …
John 21:17legatō auto tem tritem; Simōnor Iōannou, filasō min? lupita tos Petros …Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love …
simōnou“Simon”of, belonging togenitive singular16×
Matthew 26:6… Iēsu generantou en Bēthania en oikia Simōnou tou leprou,… in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
Mark 1:16“Simon’s”… horata Simōnon kai Andreon ton adelfon Simōnou amfiballarōntoin en ta thalassa, ale gar …… Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Mark 1:29… sunagōgau exercharantois erchala eis tan oikian Simōnou kai Andreou meta Iakōbou kai Iōannou.… and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
Mark 1:30tas de pentheras Simōnou katakeiote puressarōntas, kai euthuos legalō auto …Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with …
Mark 6:3… Iakōbou kai Iōsētou kai Ioudou kai Simōnou? kai ouk alō tais adelfais autou …… brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us …
Mark 14:3… autou en Bēthania en ta oikia Simōnou tou leprou katakeiorōntou autou erchata gunaikas …… the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with …
Luke 4:38“Simon’s”… tau sunagōgau eiserchata eis tan oikian Simōnou. pentheras de tou Simōnou ate sunechorōntas …… had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high …
Luke 4:38“Simon’s”… tan oikian Simōnou. pentheras de tou Simōnou ate sunechorōntas pureto mego, kai erōtala …… had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they …
Luke 5:3“Simon’s”… eis henem teiu ploieiu, hem ate Simōnou, erōtata auton apo tau gēau epanagara …Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from …
John 1:40ate Andreos tos adelfos Simōnou Petrou henos ek toiu duo toiu …Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the …
John 6:8… toiu mathētoiu autou, Andreos tos adelfos Simōnou Petrou;One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
John 6:71legate de ton Ioudon Simōnou Iskariōtou; houtos gar mellate paradōarō auton, …… speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one …
John 13:2… tan kardian hina paradōateia auton Ioudos Simōnou Iskariōtou,… heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
John 13:26… baptarantos oun tem psōmiem dōatō Ioudo Simōnou Iskariōtou.… gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
Acts 10:17… tou Kornēliou dierōtarantois tan oikian tou Simōnou epistēala epi ton pulōnon,… the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
Acts 10:32… epikalotō Petros; houtos xenizotō en oikia Simōnou bursevou para thalassan.… a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
simōno“Simon”to, fordative singular7×
Mark 3:16… toin dōdeka, kai epitithata onomem to Simōno Petron,These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
Luke 5:10“Simon”… huioin Zebedaiou, hois ale koinōnois to Simōno. kai legata pros ton Simōnon tos …and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now …
Luke 7:44kai strefirantos pros tan gunaikan to Simōno fēate; Blepasō houtan tan gunaikan? eiserchama …… toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When …
Luke 24:34… ontōs egerita tos kurios kai horita Simōno.… indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
John 21:15Hote oun aristala legatō to Simōno Petro tos Iēsus; Simōnor Iōannou, agapasō …… they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do …
Acts 9:43… hikanain menara en Ioppa para tino Simōno bursevo.… in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Acts 10:6houtos xenizotō para tino Simōno bursevo, ho atō oikias para thalassan.He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by …