Simeon vs Simon - What's the difference?
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(biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
(biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.
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(Name of) any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
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* 1996 , Alias Grace , Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-27873, page 379:
Simon is a related term of simeon.
As proper nouns the difference between simeon and simon
is that simeon is second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah while Simon is Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.As a noun simon is
sixpence coin.simeon
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(wikipedia Simeon)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* 1611 — 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon , and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 — 19:1 *: And the second lot came forth to Simeon', even for the tribe of the children of ' Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.Derived terms
* SimeoniteSee also
*Anagrams
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon', who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ' Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- His first name is Simon'. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is '''Simon''' Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple ' Simon . Met a pie man, going to the fair.
