Simeon in Easton's Bible Dictionary
hearing. (1.) The second son of Jacob by Leah (Gen. 29:33).
He
was associated with Levi in the terrible act of
vengeance
against Hamor and the Shechemites (34:25, 26). He
was detained
by Joseph in Egypt as a hostage (42:24). His father,
when dying,
pronounced a malediction against him (49:5-7). The
words in the
Authorized Version (49:6), "they digged down a
wall," ought to
be, as correctly rendered in the Revised Version,
"they houghed
an ox."
(2.) An aged saint who visited the temple when Jesus
was being
presented before the Lord, and uttered lofty words
of
thankgiving and of prophecy (Luke 2:29-35).
(3.) One of the ancestors of Joseph (Luke 3:30).
(4.) Surnamed Niger, i.e., "black," perhaps from his
dark
complexion, a teacher of some distinction in the
church of
Antioch (Acts 13:1-3). It has been supposed that
this was the
Simon of Cyrene who bore Christ's cross. Note the
number of
nationalities represented in the church at Antioch.
(5.) James (Acts 15:14) thus designates the apostle
Peter
(q.v.).
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