“simon”

*RELATIVES*

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*NON-BELIEVERS*

*FAMOUS SIMONS*

*FICTIONAL SIMONS*

*SONGS FOR SIMON*

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(“simon” is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning “listen”)

(some authors consider it a classical ‘greek’ name)

(commentators on the ‘New Testament’ question the origin of the name, assuming that it can be either a hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim’on, or a real ‘greek’ name)