Niger

1 verse

Acts

Acts 13:1

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Black, a surname of Simeon (Acts 13:1). He was probably so called from his dark complexion.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(black) is the additional or distinctive name given to the Simeon who was one of the teachers and prophets in the church at Antioch. (Acts 13:1)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.