Simon
EigennameSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈsaɪmən//
Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
Eigenname
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Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
Now the names of the twelue Apoſtles are theſe: The firſt, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the ſonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the ſonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whoſe ſurname was Thaddeus: Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iſcariot, who alſo betrayed him.
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A male given name from Hebrew.
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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A surname originating as a patronymic.
Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting, Paul Simon and David Byrne
Herkunft
From Middle English Simon, Symond, Symounde, from Anglo-Norman Simon, Simond, Simund, a conflation of two unrelated names: one from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”), doublet of Simeon; the other from Old Norse Sigmundr or Old English Siġemund, both from Proto-Germanic *Sigimunduz (literally “Protector of victory”), whence also Sigmund and Siegmund.
Substantiv
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Variante von simonAlternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”).
[…] I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a ſingle Simon to pay him, rot me: […]
Formen
- Plural
- Simons
Simon · Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
Simone · A female given name from French.simple · Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with…simpler · One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).