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Simon

Simon {see'-mone}
Greek: personal noun masculine

Possible Definitions:
1) Peter meaning "a rock or stone", the apostle.
2) Simon called Zelotes; The Kanaites, or Zelotes, were a set of men, who in the imitation of Phinehas, who slew Zimri and Cozbi in the very act of uncleanness, when they found any person in the act of adultery, idolatry, blasphemy, or theft, would immediately kill them without any more ado: this they did, from a pretended zeal for the honour and glory of God: nor were they accountable to any court of judicature for it; yea, such action was highly applauded, as a very laudable one: under the specious name of Zealots, innumerable murders, and most horrible wickedness was committed, both before, and during the siege of Jerusalem, as Josephus relates. Now Simon was one of this sect before his conversion, and still retained the name afterwards. (Gill)
3) Simon, father of Judas who betrayed Jesus.
4) Simon Magus, who as Justin Martyr says, was a Samaritan, and of a village called Gitton, and so is called by a Jewish writer, Simon, the Samaritan, the wizard. (Gill)
5) Simon the tanner; It seems as if people of this trade used to dwell in towns near the sea, as fit for their business; so we read of some at Sidon, a city on the sea-coast, as Joppa was; "it happened at Sidon, that a certain tanner died, and he had a brother a tanner etc.", where Gemara distinguishes between a great tanner and a little tanner; the latter, is one that is poor and has but few skins: which of these Simon was, can not be said. The business was very contemptible with the Jews; they say "woe to him whose trade is a tanner;" and further observe, that they never made one a king, nor a high priest: but their doctors many of them were of as mean trades, as shoemakers, skinners, etc. and Simon the Athenian philosopher was a leather-cutter; and according to the Ethiopic version, this Simon was a shoemaker; with him Peter choose to abide, and not with Dorcus. (Gill)
6) Simon the Pharisee, Luke 7:40-44
7) Simon of Cyrene, it is likely that this man was a favourer of Christ, which might be the reason why they laid hold of him, and obliged him to bear the cross of Christ; since he was the father of Alexander and Rufus, who were men of note among the first Christians. (Gill)
8) Simon the cousin of Jesus, the son of Cleophas, who is said to succeed, James, as bishop of Jerusalem, and to be Christ's cousin, being son of Cleophas, the brother of Joseph, the supposed father of Christ. (Gill)
9) Simon the leper, so called to distinguish him from others of the same name. This epithet was either a family one, some person of note in it having been a leper; or else he was so named, because he himself had been one, but now was cured. It is not certain that he was one of the ten lepers Jesus healed in Galilee. (Gill)

Simon {see'-mone}

Greek: personal noun masculine

of Hebrew origin [8095];

Translated as:

Simon (Peter) (50 times)

Simon (Zelotes) (4 times)

Simon (father of Judas) (4 times)

Simon (Magus) (4 times)

Simon (the tanner) (4 times)

Simon (the Pharisee) (3 times)

Simon (of Cyrene) (3 times)

Simon (brother of Jesus) (2 times)

Simon (the leper) (2 times)

Total: 76 times

Strong's Number 4613

TDNT - omitted,omitted