SYMEON

(Symʹe·on) [hearing].

1. An ancestor of Jesus’ mother Mary.—Luke 3:30.

2. The form of the name of Simon (Peter) used once by James at the Jerusalem council.—Acts 15:14.

3. One of the prophets and teachers of the Antioch, Syria, congregation who laid their hands on Barnabas and Paul after the holy spirit had designated these two for missionary work. Symeon’s Latin surname was Niger.—Acts 13:1-3.