Bible Names

Simon: meaning of the name

Simon means “that hears; that obeys.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Simon in Hebrew and Greek

Συμεών G4826

Symeṓn — Symeon (i.e. Shimon), the name of five Israelites

from the same as G4613 (Σίμων);

Σίμων G4613

Símōn — Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites

of Hebrew origin (H08095);

People named Simon in the Bible

Simon in Scripture

“Simon” appears in 71 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Matthew 4:18

    And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

  • Matthew 10:2

    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;

  • Matthew 10:4

    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

  • Matthew 13:55

    Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

  • Matthew 16:16

    And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  • Matthew 16:17

    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

  • Matthew 17:25

    He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?

  • Matthew 26:6

    Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,