noun · masculine

sumeōn

GreekΣυμεών (sumeōn)

Strong’sG4826

Simeon or Simon

stem sumeōn-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Simeon7×

What it means

Συμεών, ὁ indecl., (Heb. שִׁמְעוֹן),

Simeon (so always AV; RV in Lk 2:25, 34 only), Symeon, a Heb. name for which the Gk. Σίμων, q.v., was also used;

1. the son of Jacob (Ge 29:33): Re 7:7.

2. An ancestor of our Lord: Lk 3:30

3. An aged worshipper in the Temple: Lk 2:25, 34.

4. One surnamed Niger: Ac 13:1.

5. The apostle Peter: Ac 15:14, II Pe 1:1 (R, txt., WH, txt., Σίμων).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4826 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoom-eh-one'

Symeon (i.e. Shimon), the name of five Israelites

Fromfrom the same as G4613;

King JamesSimeon, Simon.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	sumeōn5×Συμεὼν	sumeōn
object accusative	sumeōn	sumeōn
direct address vocative	sumeōn	sumeōn
of, belonging to genitive	sumeōn2×Συμεὼν	sumeōn
to, for dative	sumeōn	sumeōn

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

sumeōnstem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

7 occurrences, every one of them listed

sumeōn“Simeon”subjectnominative singular5×

Luke 2:25“Simeon”Kai idou anthrōpos ate en Ierousalēm ho onomem Sumeōn, kai tos anthrōpos houtos dikaios kai eulabos, prosdecherōtos paraklēsian tou Israēl, kai pneumem ate hagiem epi auton;Now 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.

Luke 2:34“Simeon”kai eulogata autoin Sumeōn kai legata pros Mariam tan mētēran autou; Idou houtos keietō eis ptōsian kai anastasian polloiu en to Israēl kai eis sēmem antilegirōtem,Then 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,

Acts 13:1“Simeon”Ale de en Antiocheia kata tan arōtan ekklēsan profētois kai didaskalois tos tē Barnabaos kai Sumeōn tos kalirōtos Nigeros, kai Loukios tos Kurēnaios, Manaēn tē Hērōdou tou tetraarchou suntrofos kai Saulos.Now 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.

Acts 15:14“Simeon”Sumeōn exēgeta kathōs prōtem tos theos episkepteta lambara ek ethneiu laon te onome autou.Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

2 Peter 1:1“Simeon”Sumeōn Petros doulos kai apostolos Iēsu Christou toi isotiman ni lanchanaratoi pistian en dikaiosuna tou theou nu kai sōtērou Iēsu Christou;Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

sumeōn“Simeon”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Luke 3:30“Simeon”tou Sumeōn tou Ioudaou tou Iōsēf tou Iōnam tou Eliakimthe son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

Revelation 7:7“Simeon”ek fulau Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,