What does Σίμων · Κυρηναῖος mean in the Bible?
Σίμων · Κυρηναῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "Simon from Cyrene".
Greek · G4613, G2956
Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον
Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites · i.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene
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Σίμων G4613 Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites
Pronunciation Símōn
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Κυρηναῖος G2956 i.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene
Pronunciation Kyrēnaîos
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What does Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον (Simōna Kyrēnaion) mean in the Bible?
Σίμων · Κυρηναῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "Simon from Cyrene".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4613, G2956?
G4613, G2956 is connected to 75 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Simon from Cyrene
Source Gloss
Simon from Cyrene
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 75 Case pattern Nominative (27) Number pattern Singular (75)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:2 · Matt 10:4 · Matt 13:55 · Matt 16:16 · Mark 1:36 · Luke 5:5 · Luke 5:8 · Luke 7:43 · John 1:42 · John 6:68 · John 13:9 · John 13:24 · John 13:36 · John 18:10 · John 18:15 · John 18:25 27×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 26:6 · Mark 1:16 · Mark 1:29 · Mark 1:30 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 14:3 · Luke 4:38 · Luke 5:3 · John 1:40 · John 6:8 · John 6:71 · John 13:2 · John 13:26 · Acts 10:17 · Acts 10:32 16×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Mark 3:16 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 7:44 · Luke 24:34 · John 21:15 · Acts 9:43 · Acts 10:6 7×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:18 · Matt 27:32 · Mark 1:16 · Mark 3:18 · Mark 15:21 · Luke 5:4 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 6:14 · Luke 6:15 · Luke 23:26 · John 1:41 · John 13:6 · John 20:2 · Acts 10:5 · Acts 10:32 · Acts 11:13 16×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 16:17 · Matt 17:25 · Mark 14:37 · Luke 7:40 · Luke 22:31 · John 21:15 · John 21:16 · John 21:17 9×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain