NamesScripture

Simon

Simon is Hebrew Šimʿôn, 'hearing', in a Greek spelling that matched a native Greek name. The apostle Simon Peter spread it across Europe as Szymon, Šimon, Simão and Georgian Svimon, and Ge'ez restored the Semitic ʿ as Səmʿon. Its Septuagint twin Symeon wore down in Kyivan Rus' to Semenŭ, today's Semyon.

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