Simon — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Greek form of a Hebrew/Aramaic name meaning “God has heard.” Nine men in the NT had this name:

1. Son of Jona (Mt 16:17) or John (Jn 1:42), Andrew’s brother (v 40), and surnamed Cephas and Peter (respectively Aramaic and Greek, for “rock,” v 42) by Jesus. A fisherman of Bethsaida (Mk 1:16; Jn 1:44), he became an apostle of Jesus and author of two NT letters bearing his name. See Peter, The Apostle.

Show passage in OET: MAT 16:17

OET-RV MAT 16:17

17 Then Yeshua answered, “You are blessed, Shim’on Bar-Yonah, because it wasn’t any person that revealed that to you, but rather, my father who’s in the heavens.

OET-LV MAT 16:17

17 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) answering said to _him:
You _are blessed, Simōn Barjonah, because flesh and blood not revealed _it to _you, but the father of _me, who is in the heavens.

Show passage in OET: JHN 1:42

OET-RV JHN 1:42

42 and led him to Yeshua. When Yeshua saw him, he said, “Ah, you are Shim’on, Yohan’s son, but from now on you’ll be called Kefa which means stone.”

OET-LV JHN 1:42

42 he _led him to the Yaʸsous.
Having _focused _in on _him, the Yaʸsous said:
You are Simōn the son of _Yōannaʸs, you will _be _being _called Kaʸfas, (which is _being _translated:
The_Stone/Petros).

Show passage in OET: JHN 1:40

OET-RV JHN 1:40

40 Andreas, the brother of Shim’on (Simon) Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) was one of those two who heard Yohan and then followed Yeshua.

OET-LV JHN 1:40

40 Andreas the brother of _Simōn Petros was, one of the two which having _heard from Yōannaʸs, and having _followed after _him.

Show passage in OET: MRK 1:16

OET-RV MRK 1:16

16 As he went around Galil lake, Yeshua saw two fishermen, Shim’on (Simon) and his brother Andreas, throwing a net into the lake

OET-LV MRK 1:16

16 And passing _by by the sea of_ the _Galilaia, he _saw Simōn and Andreas the brother of _Simōn casting a _net in the sea for they _were fishermen.

Show passage in OET: JHN 1:44

OET-RV JHN 1:44

44 Filippos was from Beyt-Tsayda town where Andreas and Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) lived.

OET-LV JHN 1:44

44 And the Filippos was from Baʸthsaida, of the city of _Andreas and Petros.

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2. Brother of Jesus, named with other brothers, James, Joses or Joseph, and Judas (Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3).

Show passage in OET: MAT 13:55

OET-RV MAT 13:55

55 Isn’t he the son of Yosef (Joseph), the carpenter? Don’t we know his mother Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam) and his brothers Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Yosef and Shim’on (Simon) and Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas)?

OET-LV MAT 13:55

55 Is this not the son of _the carpenter?
Not the mother of _him is _being _called Maria/(Miryām), and the brothers of _him, Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf), and Simōn, and Youdas/(Yəhūdāh)?

Show passage in OET: MRK 6:3

OET-RV MRK 6:3

3 Isn’t that the carpenter, the son of Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam), and the brother of Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Yosef (Joseph) CHECK and Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) and Shim’on (Simon)? Don’t his sisters live around here?” And they were offended by his teaching.

OET-LV MRK 6:3

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of_ the _Maria/(Miryām), and brother of_Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Yōsaʸs/(Yōşēf?
), and Youdas/(Yəhūdāh), and Simōn?
And are not the sisters of _him here with us?
And they _were _being _offended at him.

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3. Leper, perhaps cured by Jesus, in whose house at Bethany Jesus and his disciples were eating when a woman poured an alabaster flask of costly ointment on the Lord’s head. Over the disciples’ objections against the waste of what could have been sold to support the poor, Jesus commended the act as a wonderful thing (Mt 26:6-13; Mk 14:3-9). From John 12:1-8 it appears that Simon’s house was also the house of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, but their relationship to Simon is uncertain.

Show passage in OET: MAT 26:6–13

OET-RV MAT 26:6

6 Meanwhile, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) arrived in Beyt-Ania (Bethany) at Shim’on’s (Simon’s) house—the Shim’on who’d previously had leprosy.

OET-RV MAT 26:7

7 A woman inside the house came up to him carrying a carved alabaster flask of very expensive lotion, which she poured over his head while he was sitting down,

OET-RV MAT 26:8

8 but some of his apprentices were upset when they saw that, and complained, “Why all this waste?

OET-RV MAT 26:9

9 That could have been sold to raise a lot of money to give to poor people.”

OET-RV MAT 26:10

10 But Yeshua knew what they were saying, and responded, “Why are you apprentices causing problems for this woman? After all, she did something beautiful for me.

OET-RV MAT 26:11

11 You’ll always have poor people around, but you won’t always have me here.

OET-RV MAT 26:12

12 In a sense, this woman put this lotion on my body as a burial spice.

OET-RV MAT 26:13

13 I can assure you apprentices that wherever the good message about me is retold anywhere in the world, this woman and what she did will also be mentioned as a reminder of her.”

OET-LV MAT 26:6

6 And the of_Yaʸsous having _become in Baʸthania in house of _Simōn the leprous,

OET-LV MAT 26:7

7 a_woman having an_alabaster _flask of_ heavily _valued _ointment approached to _him, and she _poured _down it on the head of _him reclining.

OET-LV MAT 26:8

8 But the apprentices/followers having _seen, resented saying:
For/Because why the this destruction?

OET-LV MAT 26:9

9 For/Because this was _able to _be _sold for _much and to _be _given to_the_poor.

OET-LV MAT 26:10

10 But the Yaʸsous having _known, said to _them:
Why are _you _all _bringing _about troubles to _the women?
For/Because she _did a_ beautiful _work to me.

OET-LV MAT 26:11

11 For/Because you _all _are_ always _having the poor with yourselves, but you _all _are_ not always _having me.

OET-LV MAT 26:12

12 For/Because this woman, having _put the on_ this _ointment on the body of _me, because/for did it that to _bury me.

OET-LV MAT 26:13

13 Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, wherever the this good _message if may _be _proclaimed in all the world, ˓will˒_ also _be _being _spoken what this woman did for a_memorial of _her.

Show passage in OET: MRK 14:3–9

OET-RV MRK 14:3

3 Meanwhile, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) was in Beyt-Ania (Bethany) at the home of Shim’on (Simon) who had previously had leprosy. Yeshua was sitting there when a woman came in with a hand-crafted container of very expensive fragrant lotion. Breaking open the sealed flask, she poured the fragrant oil over Yeshua’s head.

OET-RV MRK 14:4

4 Immediately some in the room started quietly grumbling about the extravagant waste,

OET-RV MRK 14:5

5 ⇔then they scolded the woman because a flask of genuine lotion like that could easily fetch almost a year’s wages if it was sold.

OET-RV MRK 14:6

6 But Yeshua spoke up, “What do you think you’re all doing abusing her—leave her alone! She’s done something very good for me.

OET-RV MRK 14:7

7 You’ll always have poor people around, and you can help them whenever you want to, but I won’t be around forever.

OET-RV MRK 14:8

8 She has performed the traditional anointing of my body in advance of my burial,

OET-RV MRK 14:9

9 and I can assure you all, that wherever the good message is declared around the world, what she has done today will be part of the story and she’ll be remembered for it.”

OET-LV MRK 14:3

3 And him being in Baʸthania, in the house of _Simōn the leprous, reclining of _him, a_woman came having an_alabaster _flask of _ointment, of_ genuine expensive _nard, having _broken the alabaster _flask, she _poured _down it on _the head of _him.

OET-LV MRK 14:4

4 But some were resenting to themselves:
For/Because why the this destruction of _the ointment has _become?

OET-LV MRK 14:5

5 For/Because this the ointment was _able to _be _sold for _over three _hundred daʸnarion_coins and to _be _given to _the poor.
And they _were _admonishing to _her.

OET-LV MRK 14:6

6 But the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
Leave her, why are _you _all _bringing _about troubles to _her?
She _did a_good work in me.

OET-LV MRK 14:7

7 For/Because you _all _are_ always _having the poor with yourselves, and whenever you _all _may _be _wanting, you _all _are _being _able to _do well to _them, but you _all _are_ not always _having me.

OET-LV MRK 14:8

8 What she _had she _did, she _anticipated to _anoint the body of _me for my burial.

OET-LV MRK 14:9

9 And truly I _am _saying to _you _all, wherever the good _message if may _be _proclaimed in all the world, what this woman did ˓will˒_ also _be _being _spoken for a_memorial of _her.

Show passage in OET: JHN 12:1–8

OET-RV JHN 12:1

12 Because of that, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) went to Beyt-Ania (Bethany) six days before the Passover. That was where Eleazar (Lazarus; Grk. Lazaros) lived, the one he had brought back to life.

OET-RV JHN 12:2

2 So they prepared dinner for him there and Marta was serving and Eleazar was among those sitting with Yeshua.

OET-RV JHN 12:3

3 Then Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) took about 300g of very expensive nard oil and smeared it on Yeshua’s feet, and then wiped off his feet with her own hair, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

OET-RV JHN 12:4

4 But Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas), one of Yeshua’s apprentices (the one who would eventually turn him in) complained,

OET-RV JHN 12:5

5 “How come this lotion wasn’t sold for almost a year’s wages and then the money given to the poor?”

OET-RV JHN 12:6

6 But he didn’t say that because he cared for poor people, but because he carried the purse for the group and used to steal from it.

OET-RV JHN 12:7

7 But Yeshua responded, “Let her continue. She has kept this for the time of my burial.

OET-RV JHN 12:8

8 You’ll always have poor people with you, but you won’t always have me here.”

OET-LV JHN 12:1

12 Therefore the Six days before the passover_feast Yaʸsous, came to Baʸthania, where Lazaros was, whom Yaʸsous raised from the_dead.

OET-LV JHN 12:2

2 Therefore they _made a_supper for _him there, and the Martha was _serving, and the Lazaros was one of the ones reclining with him.

OET-LV JHN 12:3

3 Therefore the Maria/(Miryām) having _taken a_litra_weight of _ointment of_ precious genuine _nard, anointed the feet of_ the _Yaʸsous, and wiped _off the feet of _him with _the hairs of _her, and the house was _filled with the aroma of _the ointment.

OET-LV JHN 12:4

4 But Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) the Iskariōtaʸs, one of _the apprentices/followers of _him, the one going to _be _giving_ him _over, is _saying,

OET-LV JHN 12:5

5 for/because_ Why _reason this the ointment was_ not _sold for/because _three _hundred daʸnarion_coins, and was _given to_the_poor?

OET-LV JHN 12:6

6 But he _said this, not that was _caring to _him for the poor, but because he _was a_thief, and having the moneybag was _bearing the money being _thrown in.

OET-LV JHN 12:7

7 Therefore the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
Allow her, in _order _that she _may _keep it for the day of _the burial of _me.

OET-LV JHN 12:8

8 For/Because you _all _are_ always _having the poor with yourselves, but you _all _are_ not always _having me.

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4. Man of Cyrene, a district of North Africa, whom the Romans forced to carry Jesus’ cross (Mt 27:32; Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26). He was the father of Alexander and Rufus (Mk 15:21; cf. Rom 16:13).

Show passage in OET: MAT 27:32

OET-RV MAT 27:32

32 When they got out onto the street, they grabbed a man who turned out to be Shim’on (Simon) from Kurainai (Cyrene), and they forced him to carry the stake.

OET-LV MAT 27:32

32 And coming _out, they _found a_ a_from _Kuraʸnaʸ _man, by_the_name Simōn.
This one they _compelled that he _may _carry the stake of _him.

Show passage in OET: MRK 15:21

OET-RV MRK 15:21

21 As they walked out of the city, they came across a man coming in from the country. He was Shim’on (Simon) from Kurainai (Cyrene) (Kurainai—the father of Alexandros (Alexander) and Rufos), and the soldiers forced him to carry the execution post,

OET-LV MRK 15:21

21 And they _are _compelling a_certain_ from _Kuraʸnaʸ _man passing _by, Simōn, coming from the_country, the father of _Alexandros and Ɽoufos, in _order _that he _may _carry the stake of _him.

Show passage in OET: LUK 23:26

OET-RV LUK 23:26

26 As the Romans soldiers led Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) out of the city, they grabbed a man that was coming in from the countryside. He was Shim’on (Simon) from Kurainai (Cyrene), and they forced him to carry the post and follow along behind Yeshua.

OET-LV LUK 23:26

26 And as they _led _away him, having _taken _hold _of Simōn, a_certain from _Kuraʸnaʸ coming from the_country, they _put_ the stake _on to _him, to _be _carrying behind the Yaʸsous.

Show passage in OET: ROM 16:13

OET-RV ROM 16:13

13 Greet Rufos, who’s chosen by the master, and his mother, who also mothered me.

OET-LV ROM 16:13

13 Greet Ɽoufos, the chosen in the_master, and the mother of _him and of _me.

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5. Apostle of Jesus called a Zealot (Lk 6:15), presumably because of prior association either with the party of political extremists by that name, who adopted terrorism to oppose the Roman occupation of Palestine, or with one of a number of Jewish groups noted for their zeal for the law. In Matthew 10:4 and Mark 3:18 he is designated the “Cananaean” (rsv)—from the Aramaic word for “zealot.” He is mentioned again in Acts 1:13 as one of the 11 apostles in Jerusalem after Jesus’ ascension. Otherwise, the NT is silent about him.

Show passage in OET: LUK 6:15

OET-RV LUK 6:15

15 Matay (Matthew; Grk. Matthaios) and Toma (Thomas), Ya’akov (Halfay’ (Grk. Halfaios’) son), Shim’on (the one known as a Zealot),

OET-LV LUK 6:15

15 and Matthaios, and Thōmas, Yakōbos of _Alfaios, and Simōn the one being _called the_Farisaios _zaʸlōtaʸs_group _member,

Show passage in OET: MAT 10:4

OET-RV MAT 10:4

4 Shim’on (the member of the Kena’anim (Canaanites)), and Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) Iskariot (who eventually turned Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) in).

OET-LV MAT 10:4

4 Simōn the member _of _Kananitaʸs and Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) the Iskariōtaʸs, who also having _given_ him _over.

Show passage in OET: MRK 3:18

OET-RV MRK 3:18

18 Andreas, Filippos (Philip), Bar -Talmay (Bartholomew; Grk. Bartholomaios), Matay (Matthew; Grk. Matthaios), Toma (Thomas), Ya’akov Halfay (Grk. Halfaios), Thaddaios (Thaddeus), Shim’on from Kena’an (Canaan),

OET-LV MRK 3:18

18 and Andreas, and Filippos, and Bartholomaios, and Matthaios, and Thōmas, and Yakōbos the son of_ the _Alfaios, and Thaddaios, and Simōn the member _of _Kananitaʸs,

Show passage in OET: ACT 1:13

OET-RV ACT 1:13

13 They went into the upstairs room where they were staying—Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes), Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Andreas, Filippos (Philip) and Toma (Thomas), Bar -Talmay (Bartholomew; Grk. Bartholomaios) and Matay (Matthew; Grk. Matthaios), Ya’akov (son of Halfay (Grk. Halfaios)), Shim’on (Simon) (the Zealot member), and Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) (son of Ya’akov).

OET-LV ACT 1:13

13 And when they _came _in, into the upper _room, they _went _up where they _were staying, which and/both Petros and Yōannaʸs and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and Andreas, Filippos and Thōmas, Bartholomaios and Matthaios, Yakōbos of _Alfaios, and Simōn the Farisaios _zaʸlōtaʸs_group _member, and Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) of _Yakōbos.

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6. Pharisee whose treatment of Jesus evoked the parable of the two debtors (Lk 7:36-50). He invited Jesus to eat at his house but withheld courtesies customary for guests and disapproved of Jesus’ acceptance of a “sinner” woman who wet the Lord’s feet with her tears, dried them with her hair, and anointed them with ointment from an alabaster flask. Jesus’ parable contrasted the woman’s act of loving and repentant faith with Simon’s unloving and self-righteous skepticism.

Show passage in OET: JHN 6:71

OET-RV JHN 6:71

71 (He was talking about Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas), Shim’on Iskariot’s son, because he was the one who would go on to betray him.)

OET-LV JHN 6:71

71 And he _was _speaking the to _Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) of _Simōn of _Iskariōtaʸs, because/for this one one of the twelve was _going to _be _giving_ him _over.

Show passage in OET: JHN 13:2; JHN 13:26

OET-RV JHN 13:2

2 And now it was getting near time for the dinner and the devil had already put into Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) Iskariot’s mind the idea of handing Yeshua over to the authorities.

OET-RV JHN 13:26

26 “It’s the one I hand this piece of bread to after I’ve dipped it in the sauce,” Yeshua answered. Then after dipping his piece of bread in, he gave it to Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) Iskariot.

OET-LV JHN 13:2

2 And becoming, supper, the devil already having _put into the heart Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) of _Simōn Iskariōtaʸs that may _give_ him _over

OET-LV JHN 13:26

26 the Yaʸsous is _answering:
That one is to _whom I, having _dipped the piece _of _bread will _be _handing _out it.
And having _dipped the piece _of _bread, he _is _giving to _Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) of _Simōn Iskariōtaʸs.

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8. Magician (often called Simon Magus) of great repute in Samaria. Impressed by the signs and miracles performed by Philip the deacon-become-evangelist, he joined the crowd of baptized believers. He offered Peter and John money in exchange for the gift of the Holy Spirit, provoking Peter’s emphatic rebuke (Acts 8:9-24). From the association of this incident with his name, the English word “simony” is derived; it denotes the sale or purchase of church positions, or any profiteering from sacred things.

9. Tanner of Joppa. Peter lodged at his house for many days (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 17, 32 OET ACT 10:6 · OET ACT 10:17 · OET ACT 10:32). On Simon’s housetop, Peter experienced the vision of a great sheet let down from heaven, containing animals and birds prohibited as food in Jewish law (10:15). Peter later recognized this vision as his preparation for consenting to preach the gospel to the Gentiles (vv 28-29).