Topic
Symeon
3 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 15:14Smith · ISBE
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
- Luke 3:30ISBE
Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
- Acts 13:1ISBE
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
sim'-e-on (Sumeon): the Revised Version (British and American) in Lu 3:30; Ac 13:1; 15:14 for the King James Version "Simeon" (which see). The persons are:
(1) An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:30).
(2) Symeon, called Niger, one of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch (Ac 13:1).
(3) For Simon Peter, see PETER; compare Ac 15:14.
See SIMEON, (4), (5), (6).
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.