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    SYMEON

    (Symʹe·on) [from a Heb. root meaning “hear; listen”].

    1. An ancestor of Jesus’ mother Mary.​—Lu 3:30.

    2. The form of the name of Simon (Peter) used once by James at the Jerusalem council.​—Ac 15:14.

    3. One of the prophets and teachers of the congregation in Antioch, Syria, who laid their hands on Barnabas and Paul after the holy spirit had designated these two for missionary work. Symeon’s Latin surname was Niger.​—Ac 13:1-3.