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Symeon

Symeon 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 (Lu 3:30). (...

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Symeon 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 (Lu 3:30).

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

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

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

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