G3156 – Matthaios – Ματθαῖος – Matthew
- Strong’s ID:
- G3156
- Greek Word:
- Ματθαῖος
- Transliteration:
- Matthaios
- Pronunciation:
- mat-thah’-yos
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper masculine
- Usage Count:
- 5
- Search:
- Find “Matthaios” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
a shorter form of G3164; Matthaeus (i.e. Matthitjah), an Israelite and a Christian:—Matthew.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Matthew = “gift of Jehovah”
1) son of Alphaeus, one of the 12 disciples
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.