Simeon
Sumeon is used as a name for several men and, in one listing, for a tribe.
The term most often identifies individual men in narrative, greeting, teaching, and genealogical contexts; its remaining attestation names a tribe in a numbered tribal list.
Senses in use
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Name identifying individual men · dominant
The nominative singular masculine form identifies men in distinct settings: in Luke 2:25 the APB renders a man in Jerusalem “whose name was Simeon,” and in Luke 2:34 it presents Simeon blessing the family and speaking to Mary. In Acts 13:1 it occurs in a list of prophets and teachers, in Acts 15:14 it introduces the person who “has related” an account, and in 2 Peter 1:1 it stands with Peter in the opening identification; Luke 3:30 uses the genitive singular masculine form in a son-of sequence.
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Tribal designation · rare
In Revelation 7:7, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the repeated “from the tribe of ...” construction; the APB renders “From the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the term as “Simeon” when naming an individual, including “Simeon Peter” in 2 Peter 1:1 and “Simeon who was called Niger” in Acts 13:1. In Revelation 7:7 it presents the same form within “the tribe of Simeon”.