One of the prophets and teachers in the church at antioch who set apart paul and barnabas for missionary work (acts 13:1, 2).. Symeon symeon sĭm’ ī ən (συμεών, g5208), kjv simeon.
He was the first to speak of dispassion and deification in such a personal manner.. 1000), distinguished as symeon metaphrastes (latin) or symeon the metaphrast (ancient greek: