Bible dictionaries
Symeon
What Bible dictionaries say about “Symeon”, one article after the other.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
sim'-e-on (Sumeon): the Revised Version (British and American) in Lu 3:30; Ac 13:1; 15:14 for the King James Version "Simeon" (which see). The persons are:
(1) An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:30).
(2) Symeon, called Niger, one of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch (Ac 13:1).
(3) For Simon Peter, see PETER; compare Ac 15:14.
See SIMEON, (4), (5), (6).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(The Jewish form of the name Simon, used in the Revised Version of (Acts 15:14) and referring to Simon Peter.-ED.)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith