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Definition of simon in English English dictionary

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A male given name

His first name is Simon. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is Simon Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple Simon. Met a pie man, going to the fair.

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Any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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{i} male first name
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given name, male
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American playwright whose lighthearted comedies of middle-class life include The Odd Couple (1965) and Lost in Yonkers (1991), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Buckner Simon Bolivar Cameron Simon Dubnow Simon Markovich Fraser Simon Gallieni Joseph Simon Kaufman George Simon Kuznets Simon Smith Laplace Pierre Simon marquis de Montfort Simon de Ochs Adolph Simon Ohm Georg Simon Saint Simon Claude Henri de Rouvroy comte de Simon & Schuster Simon Fraser University Simon Claude Eugène Henri Simon Herbert Alexander Simon Marvin Neil Simon Paul Frederic Stevin Simon Vouet Simon Simon of Stackpole Elidor John Allsebrook Simon 1st Viscount
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Several persons in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter
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one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
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A Chicano/Mexican-American exclamation of agreement, possibly from the Spanish "Si" meaning "Yes"
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United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)
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Son of Joby and father of Ringo in The Unvanquished Though he was trained as a house servant, he accompanied his master, John Sartoris, during the Civil War as a body servant In Sartoris/Flags in the Dust, he was named "Simon Strother" and was said to be Joby's grandson
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United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
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United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001) United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927) United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942) one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
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United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)
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Simon is the nick of Simon O'Connor, who is a programmer for Creative Asylum He knows just about everything about programming games, and spends quite some time explaining things on the board
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(St ) is represented with a saw in his hand, in allusion to the instrument of his martyrdom He sometimes bears fish in the other hand, in allusion to his occupation as a fishmonger
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The name of several New Testament figures (1) Simon Peter (Matt 4: 18; 10: 2) (2) One of the twelve apostles, Simon the Canaanite (Matt 10: 4; Mark 3: 18), a nationalist Zealot (Luke 6: 15; Acts 1: 13) (3) One of Jesus' "brothers" (Matt 13: 55; Mark 6: 3) (4) A leper whom Jesus cured (Mark 14: 3-9) (5) Simon of Cyrene, the man from North Africa who was forced to carry Jesus' cross (Mark 15: 21) (6) A Pharisee who entertained Jesus in his home (Luke 7: 36-50) (7) Simon Iscariot, father of Judas the traitor (John 6: 71; 13: 26) (8) A leather tanner of Joppa with whom Peter stayed (Acts 9: 43; 10)
Turkish - English

Definition of simon in Turkish English dictionary

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Simon
simon

    Hyphenation

    Si·mon

    Etymology

    () New Testament version of Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Simeon, "hearkening", shaped to look like a Greek name; confer Σίμων and Σῖμος Simos "Flat-nose".
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