◄ 3156. Matthaios ►
Strong's Lexicon Matthaios: Matthew Original Word: Ματθαῖος Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Matthaios Pronunciation: mat-thah'-yos Phonetic Spelling: (mat-thah'-yos) Definition: Matthew Meaning: Matthew. Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattithyahu), meaning "gift of Yahweh." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H4993 (מַתִּתְיָהוּ, Mattithyahu): Meaning "gift of Yahweh." Usage: The name "Matthew" is used in the New Testament to refer to one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. He is traditionally identified as the author of the Gospel of Matthew. The name signifies a person who is a gift from God, reflecting the Hebrew origin of the name. Cultural and Historical Background: Matthew, also known as Levi, was a tax collector before being called by Jesus to be one of His disciples. Tax collectors were often despised by the Jewish people for their association with the Roman authorities and perceived corruption. Matthew's calling and subsequent transformation highlight the inclusive nature of Jesus' ministry and the power of redemption. As an apostle, Matthew played a crucial role in the early Christian church, and his Gospel is one of the four canonical accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin variant reading for Maththaios, q.v. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3156: Μαθθαῖος Μαθθαῖος, Μαθθάν, see Ματθαῖος, Ματθάν. STRONGS NT 3156: Ματθαῖος Ματθαῖος (L T Tr WH Μαθθαῖος, cf. Buttmann, 8 (7); (WHs Appendix, 159b; Scrivener, Introduction, chapter viii. § 5, p. 562)), Ματθαιου (Buttmann, 18 (16)), ὁ (commonly regarded as Hebrew מַתִּיָה, gift of God, from מַתָּן and יָהּ; but מַתִּיָּה is in Greek Ματθίας, and the analogy of the names חַגַּי (from חָג a festival) in Greek Αγγαιος, זַכַּי, Ζακχαῖος, and others, as well as the Syriac form of the name before us yTM [] (and its form in the Talmud, viz., מתי or מתאי; Sanhedrin 43{a}; Meuschen, N. T. ex Talm. illustr., p. 8) certainly lead us to adopt the Aramaic form מַתַּי, and to derive that from the unused singular מַת, a man, plural מְתִים; hence, equivalent to manly, cf. Grimm in the Studien und Kritiken for 1870, p. 723ff), Matthew, at first a collector of imposts, afterward an apostle of Jesus: Matthew 9:9ff (cf. Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27ff; see Λευί, 4); Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13. According to Papias (in Eusebius, h. e. 3, 39) he wrote down Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ τά (κυριακα) λόγια, i. e. the sayings of our Lord; this collection of discourses, perhaps already retouched by someone else and translated into Greek, the author of our first canonical Gospel combined with accounts of the acts and sufferings of Christ, and so it came to pass that this Gospel was ascribed by the church to Matthew as its author. (But this theory seems to be rendered unnecessary by the fact that λόγια had already come to denote sacred oracles equivalent to ἱερά γράμματα, Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 4, or ἱεραι γραφαί, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 53, 1 [ET]; see the added references under the word λόγιον. Cf. Fisher, Supernat. Origin of Christianity, pp. 160-167; and references in Schaff, Hist. of the Christ. Church, i., 622f; Bleek, Einl. ins N. T. (edited by Mangold), p. 115f.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Matthew. A shorter form of machomai; Matthaeus (i.e. Matthitjah), an Israelite and a Christian -- Matthew. see GREEK machomai Forms and Transliterations Μαθθαιον Μαθθαῖον Μαθθαιος Μαθθαῖος Maththaion Maththaîon Maththaios Maththaîos Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 9:9 N-AMS GRK: τὸ τελώνιον Μαθθαῖον λεγόμενον καὶ KJV: a man, named Matthew, sitting at INT: the tax booth Matthew called and Matthew 10:3 N-NMS GRK: Θωμᾶς καὶ Μαθθαῖος ὁ τελώνης KJV: and Matthew the publican; INT: Thomas and Matthew the tax collector Mark 3:18 N-AMS GRK: Βαρθολομαῖον καὶ Μαθθαῖον καὶ Θωμᾶν KJV: Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, INT: Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas Luke 6:15 N-AMS GRK: καὶ Μαθθαῖον καὶ Θωμᾶν KJV: Matthew and Thomas, INT: and Matthew and Thomas Acts 1:13 N-NMS GRK: Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Μαθθαῖος Ἰάκωβος Ἁλφαίου KJV: and Matthew, James INT: Bartholomew and Matthew James [son] of Alphaeus Strong's Greek 3156 5 Occurrences Μαθθαῖον — 3 Occ. Μαθθαῖος — 2 Occ.