Simon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsaɪmən/

Proper noun

Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter. / A male given name from Hebrew. / A surname originating as a patronymic.

Japanese Meaning

新約聖書に登場する複数の男性の名前（特に、使徒ペテロの元々の名前として知られている場合がある） / ヘブライ語起源の男性の名前 / 父称に由来する姓

What is this buttons?

Simon stood at the water's edge, thinking about how his life had changed since he met Jesus.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

使徒ペテロは水辺に立ち、イエスに出会って以来自分の人生がどれほど変わったかを考えていた。

Details

Sense（1）

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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Sense（2）

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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