| Some of these shouldn't really qualify as multiple names, rather they are "epithets," which is a common Greek rhetorical device, used in the New Testament as in every other work written in Greek at that time. For example, Thomas is sometimes called Didymus or Thomas Didymus, but this is not an alternative name, it means "the twin" in Greek. Similarly, Simeon is sometimes Simeon Niger, which means "Simeon the Black" (he was dark skinned or dark haired, presumably). Although I'm not sure what it means, I think this applies to Thaddeus Lebbaeus as well, and perhaps even Simon Peter (Simon the Rock, but later Christians adopted the epithet as the main name) |
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