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Simon Scripture - John 18:15

And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and [so did] another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest....

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Simon Scripture - John 21:17

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep....

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Simon Scripture - Luke 7:44

And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped [them] with the hairs of her head....

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Simon in Wikipedia

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "he [God] has heard."...

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Simon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that hears; that obeys...

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Simon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(Simon, Greek form of SIMEON (which see)): The persons of the name of Simon mentioned in the Apocrypha are: (1) Simon the Maccabean (Hasmonean), surnamed THASSI (which see), the 2nd son of Mattathias and elder brother of Judas Maccabeus. On his deathbed, Mattathias commended Simon as a "man of counsel" to be a "father" to his brethren (1 Macc ...

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Simon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See SIMEON.)...

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Simon in Naves Topical Bible

-1. SIMON See PETER -2. One of the twelve apostles; a revolutionary and a patriot Called "THE CANAANITE," (from the Hebrew root meaning "religious zeal" Mt 10:4; Mr 3:18 Called "ZELOTES," Lu 6:15; Ac 1:13 -3. A physical half-brother of Jesus Mt 13:55; Mr 6:3 -4. A leper Jesus dines with Mt 26:6; Mr 14:3 -5. A man from the city of Cyre...

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Simon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(contracted form of Simeon, a hearing). 1. Son of Mattathias. [MACCABEES] 2. Son of Onias the high priest, whose eulogy closes the "praise of famous men" in the book of Ecclesiasticus, ch. 4. (B.C. 302-293.) 3. A "governor of the temple" in the time of Seleucus Philopator, whose information as to the treasures of the temple led to the sacril...

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Simon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the abbreviated form of Simeon. (1.) One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). This word "Canaanite" does not mean a native of Canaan, but is derived from the Syriac word Kanean or Kaneniah, which was the name of a Jewish sect. The Revised Version has "Cananaean;" marg., "or Zealot" He is also called "Zelot...

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