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"Simon" is one of those names that comes to English fromHebrew, by way of King James' translation committee.

The original word in Hebrew is pronounced "sheem-OWN". Its meaning is related to "hear", as expressed by

Simon's mother Leah in Genesis 29:33, when she gave him the name.

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