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Sivmwn Sivmwn,
Sivmwno" (Buttmann, 16 (14)),
oJ (@/[m]vi, `a hearing', from  [m'v;, `to hear'; (there was also a Greek name
Sivmwn (allied with
Si'mo", i. e. `flat-nosed'; Fick, Gr. Personennamen, p. 210), but cf. B. D., under the word Simon at the beginning; Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 266f)), Simon;1. Peter, the apostle: ; f,36; ; f 10, etc.; see
Pevtro".2. the brother of Judas Lebbaeus (cf. under the word
!Iouvda", 8), an apostle, who is called
Kananivth" (so RG, but L T Tr WH
Kaninaio", which see), ; , and
zhlwthv", ; .3. a brother of Jesus (cf. under the word
ajdelfov", 1): ; .4. a certain Cyrenian, who carried the cross of Jesus: ; ; .5. the father of Judas Iscariot land himself surnamed
!Iskariwvth" (see
!Iouvda", 6)): ; ; ,.6. a certain Pharisee, ,f, who appears to (some, e. g. Grotius, Schleiermacher, Holtzmann, Schenkel, Ewald, Keim, Hug, Bleek (see his Synoptative Erkl?r. on Luke, the passage cited) to) be the same as Simon the leper, ; ; (but the occurrence recorded by Luke, the passage cited is now commonly thought to be distinct from that narrated by Matt. and Mark the passages cited; cf. Godet or Keil on Luke).7. a certain tanner, living at Joppa: ; ,,.8. Simon (`Magus'), the Samaritan sorcerer: ,,,. The various ecclesiastical stories about him, as well as the opinions and conjectures of modern theologians, are reviewed at length by Lipsius in Schenkel v., pp. 301-321; (cf. W. M?ller in Herzog edition 2, vol. xiv., pp. 246ff; Schaff, Hist. of the Chris. Church, vol. ii (1883) sec. 121).