Matthew

Matthew

English

Alternative forms

• Mathew (rare)
• (Gospel of Matthew): Matt., Matth. (biblical abbreviations)

Etymology

From earlier Matheu, from Old French Mathieu, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ‎ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: măthʹ-yo͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈmæθjuː/

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Proper noun

Matthew (plural Matthews)

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1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1771 Tobias George Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Harper&Brothers 1836, page 231:

     - - - My name is Matthew Bramble, at your service. The truth is, I have a foolish pique at the name of Matthew, because it savours of those canting hypocrites, who in Cromwell's time, christened all their children by names taken from the Scripture."

   • 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, →ISBN, page 184:

     People with incorruptible names like Matthew are always calling people named Charles, Charlie. I wish my folks had named me Matthew. Matt is the worst that can be made of it.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.

   Synonym: Levi

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 9:9:

     And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

4. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

Derived terms

• St. Matthews

Related terms

• Matthean
• Matthias
• pet forms: Mat, Matt, Matty, Mattie
• surnames: Matheson, Mathieson, Matthews

Translations

male given name

Afrikaans: Matteus (af) Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕒𐕚 (mateos) Albanian: Mati (sq) m, Matosh m, Mathe f Arabic: مَتَّى‎ m (mattā) Aragonese: Mateu m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܬܲܝ‎ (Mattāy) Hebrew: מתי‎ (Mattāy) Syriac: ܡܬܝ‎ (Mattāy) Armenian: Մատթեոս (hy) (Mattʿeos) Old Armenian: Մատթէոս (Mattʿēos) Basque: Mateo (eu) Belarusian: Маце́й m (Macjéj), Матве́й m (Matvjéj) Breton: Mazhev (br) m Bulgarian: Мате́й m (Matéj) Catalan: Mateu (ca) Cebuano: Mateo Chinese: Mandarin: 馬修／马修 (Mǎxiū), 馬特／马特 (zh) (Mǎtè) Min Dong: 馬太 (Mā-tái) Corsican: Matteu (co) Czech: Matěj (cs) m, Matyáš (cs) m, Matouš (cs) m Danish: Mathias, Mads Dutch: Matthijs (nl) m, Thijs (nl) m, Matteüs (nl) m Esperanto: Mateo Estonian: Madis, Mati Faroese: Mattias, Mats (fo) Finnish: Matti (fi), Matias (fi) French: Matthieu (fr) m, Mathieu (fr) m Galician: Mateu Georgian: მათე (mate) German: Matthias (de) m, Matthäus (de) m Greek: Ματθαίος (el) m (Matthaíos) Ancient Greek: Ματθαῖος m (Matthaîos) Greenlandic: Maasi, Mati (kl) Hawaiian: Makaio Hebrew: מַתִּתְיָהוּ‎ m (Matityáhu), מַתִּי‎ (he) m (Máti) Hindi: मॅथियु m (mĕthiyu), मॅथ्यू (mĕthyū) Hungarian: Máté (hu), Mátyás (hu) Icelandic: Matthías (is) m Ido: Mateus (io) m Indonesian: Matius Irish: Maitiú (ga) m, Maitias m, Mathúin m Italian: Matteo (it) m, Mattia (it) m Japanese: マシュー (Mashū), マタイ (Matai) (biblical) Korean: 매튜 (Maetyu) Latin: Matthaeus (la) m Latvian: Matīss (lv), Matejs m Lavukaleve: Matthew Limburgish: Matteüs Lithuanian: Matas (lt) m, Motiejus (lt) m Low German: Tewes m Macedonian: Матеј m (Matej) Maltese: Mattew (mt) m, Mats m Manx: Mian (gv) m Maori: Matiu (mi) Marathi: मॅथ्यू (mĕthyū) Mirandese: Mateus Northern Sami: Máhtte Norwegian: Mathias (no) Occitan: Matieu m Persian: متیو‎ (Matiyo) Polish: Mateusz (pl) m, Maciej (pl) m Portuguese: Mateus (pt) m Romanian: Matei m Russian: Матве́й (ru) m (Matvéj) (cognate), Мэ́тью m (Mɛ́tʹju) (transliteration) Scots: Matthew Scottish Gaelic: Mata (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Матеј m, Матија m Roman: Matej m, Matija (sh) m Slovak: Matej m, Matúš m Slovene: Matej (sl) m, Matijaž Spanish: Mateo (es) m, Matías (es) m Swahili: Mathayo (sw) class 6 Swedish: Mattias (sv), Matteus (sv) Tagalog: Mateo (tl) m Thai: แมทธิว (Mæ thṭhi w) Ukrainian: Матві́й (uk) m (Matvíj) Venetian: Mateo m Waray-Waray: Mateo Welsh: Mathew (cy) m West Frisian: Mattéus Wolof: Macë Yakut: Маппыай (Mappıay) Zealandic: Mattheüs

biblical disciple

Afrikaans: Matteus (af) Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕒𐕚 (mateos) Arabic: مَتَّى‎ m (mattā) Aragonese: Mateu m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܬܲܝ‎ (Mattāy) Hebrew: מתי‎ (Mattāy) Syriac: ܡܬܝ‎ (Mattāy) Armenian: Մատթեոս (hy) (Mattʿeos) Old Armenian: Մատթէոս (Mattʿēos) Basque: Mateo (eu) Belarusian: Матфе́й m (Matfjéj) Breton: Mazhev (br) m Bulgarian: Мате́й m (Matéj) Catalan: Mateu (ca) Cebuano: Mateo Chinese: Cantonese: 馬太, 马太 (maa5 taai3), 瑪竇, 玛窦 (maa5 dau6) (Catholic) Hakka: 馬太, 马太 (Mâ-thai) Mandarin: 馬太／马太 (zh) (Mǎtài), 瑪竇／玛窦 (zh) (Mǎdòu) (Catholic) Min Dong: 馬太 (Mā-tái) Min Nan: 馬太, 马太 (Má-thài), 瑪竇, 玛窦 (Má-tō͘) (Catholic) Corsican: Matteu (co) Czech: Matouš (cs) m Danish: Matthæus Dutch: Matteüs (nl) Estonian: Matteus Faroese: Mats (fo) m Finnish: Matteus (fi) French: Matthieu (fr) Georgian: მათე (mate) German: Matthäus (de) Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 (matþaius) Greek: Ματθαίος (el) m (Matthaíos) Ancient Greek: Ματθαῖος m (Matthaîos) Greenlandic: Maasi, Mati (kl) Hawaiian: Mataio Hebrew: מַתָּי‎ (he) m (Matái) Hungarian: Máté (hu) Icelandic: Matthías (is) m Ido: Mateus (io) m Indonesian: Matius Irish: Matha m Italian: Matteo (it) Japanese: マタイ (Matai) Kazakh: Матай (Matai) Korean: 마태오 (Matae'o), 마태 (Matae) Latin: Matthaeus (la) m Latvian: Matejs Lavukaleve: Matthew Limburgish: Matteüs Lithuanian: Matas (lt) m Macedonian: Матеј m (Matej) Malayalam: മത്തായി (mattāyi) Maltese: Mattew (mt) m Manchu: ᠮᠠᡨᡨᡝᡳ (mattei) Manx: Mian (gv) m Maori: Matiu (mi) Mirandese: Mateus Northern Sami: Matteus Norwegian: Matteus (no) Occitan: Matieu m Old English: Mathēus m Persian: متی‎ (fa) (Mati) Polish: Mateusz (pl) m Portuguese: Mateus (pt) m Romanian: Matei Russian: Матфе́й (ru) m (Matféj) S'gaw Karen: မးသဲ (mä theh) Scots: Matthew Scottish Gaelic: Mata (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Матеј m Roman: Matej m Slovak: Matúš m Slovene: Matej (sl) m Spanish: Mateo (es) Swahili: Mathayo (sw) class 6 Swedish: Matteus (sv) Tagalog: Mateo (tl) m Thai: แมทธิว (Mæ thṭhi w) Tibetan: སྐྱེས་ཆེན་དམ་པ་མད་ཐཱ (skyes chen dam pa mad thā) Turkish: Matta Ukrainian: Матві́й (uk) m (Matvíj) Venetian: Mateo m Vietnamese: Mátthêu (Catholic), Ma-thi-ơ (Protestant) Waray-Waray: Mateo Welsh: Mathew (cy) m West Frisian: Mattéus Wolof: Macë Zealandic: Mattheüs

gospel of Matthew

Afrikaans: Matteus (af) Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕒𐕚𐔼 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (mateosi ʒ́udaġesun) Arabic: إِنْجِيل مَتَّى‎ (ʾinjīl mattā), إِنْجِيل مَتَّى‎ m (ʾinjīl mattā) Aragonese: Mateu m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܡܲܬܲܝ‎ (iwāngiliyun d-Mattāy) Hebrew: כרוזותא דמתי‎ (Kārōzūṯā Dəmattāy) Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܡܬܝ‎ (Kārōzūṯā Dəmattāy) Armenian: Մատթեոս (hy) (Mattʿeos) Basque: Mateo (eu), Mateoren Ebanjelioa Bengali: মথি (môthi) Breton: Mazhev (br) m Burmese: ရှင်မဿဲခရစ်ဝင် (hrangma.ssai:hka.rac-wang) Catalan: Mateu (ca) Cebuano: Mateo Chinese: Cantonese: 馬太福音, 马太福音 (maa5 taai3 fuk1 jam1), 瑪竇福音, 玛窦福音 (maa5 dau6 fuk1 jam1) (Catholic) Hakka: 馬太福音, 马太福音 (Mâ-thai Fuk-yîm) Mandarin: 馬太福音／马太福音 (zh) (Mǎtài Fúyīn), 瑪竇福音／玛窦福音 (zh) (Mǎdòu Fúyīn) (Catholic) Min Dong: 馬太福音 (Mā-tái Hók Ĭng) Min Nan: 馬太福音, 马太福音 (Má-thài Hok-im), 馬太福音傳, 马太福音传 (Má-thài Hok-im-toān), 瑪竇福音, 玛窦福音 (Má-tō͘ Hok-im) (Catholic) Corsican: Matteu (co) Czech: Matouš (cs) m, Matěj (cs) m Danish: Matthæusevangeliet n (definitive form) Dutch: (please verify) evangelie naar Matteüs Estonian: Matteuse Faroese: Mats (fo) m Finnish: Matteuksen evankeliumi French: Matthieu (fr) m Georgian: მათე (mate) German: Matthäus (de) m Greek: κατά Ματθαίον ευαγγέλιον n (katá Matthaíon evangélion), Ματθ. (Matth.) Ancient Greek: Ματθαῖος m (Matthaîos) Greenlandic: Maasi, Mati (kl) Gujarati: માથ્થીની લખેલી સુવાર્તા (māththīnī lakhelī suvārtā) Hawaiian: Mataio Hindi: मत्ती (mattī) Hungarian: Máté evangéliuma Icelandic: Matthías (is) m Ido: Mateus (io) m Indonesian: Matius Irish: Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Mhatha m, Soiscéal Mhatha m, Matha m Italian: Matteo (it) Japanese: マタイによる福音書 (Matai ni Yoro Fukuinsho) Jarai: Mathiơ Kazakh: Матай жазған Ізгі хабары (Matai jazğan ızgı xabary) Konkani: मातेवा पर्माणें जेजू क्रिसताचें शुभवर्तमान (mātevā parmāṇẽ jejū kristācẽ śubhvartamān) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەتا‎ (ku) (meta) Latin: Matthaeus (la) m Latvian: Matīss (lv) m, Matejs m Lavukaleve: Matthew Limburgish: Matteüs Lithuanian: Evangelija pagal Matą (lt) f Macedonian: Матеј m (Matej) Maltese: L-Evanġelju ta' San Mattew Manchu: ᡝᠨᡩᡠᡵᡳᠩᡤᡝ ᡝᠸᠠᠩᡤᡝᠯᡳᡠᠮ ᠮᠠᡨᡨᡝᡳ ᡳ ᡠᠯᠠᡥᠠ ᠰᠣᠩᡴᠣᡳ Manx: Mian (gv) m Maori: Matiu (mi) Marathi: मत्तय (mattay) Mirandese: Mateus Nepali: मत्ती (mattī) Ngazidja Comorian: Mata Norwegian: Evangeliet etter Matteus n Oriya: ମାଥିଉ ଲିଖିତ ସୁସମାଗ୍ଭର (mathiu likhitô susômagbhôrô) Polish: Ewangelia Mateusza f, Ewangelia według świętego Mateusza f, Mateusz (pl) m Portuguese: Mateus (pt) m Punjabi: ਮੱਤੀ (mattī) Romanian: Matei Russian: Ева́нгелие от Матфе́я n (Jevángelije ot Matféja) Scots: Matthew Scottish Gaelic: Mata (gd) m Sinhalese: මතෙව්ගේ සුවිශේෂය (matewgē suwiśēṣaya) Slovak: Matúš m Slovene: Evangelij po Mateju m Spanish: Mateo (es) m Swahili: Mathayo (sw) class 6 Swedish: Matteus (sv) m Tagalog: Mateo (tl) m Tatar: Маттай (Mattay) Thai: แมทธิว (Mæ thṭhi w) Turkish: Matta İncili Urdu: متّی‎ Venetian: Mateo m Vietnamese: Mátthêu (Catholic), Ma-thi-ơ (Protestant) Waray-Waray: Mateo Welsh: Mathew (cy) m, Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Mathew f West Frisian: Mattéus Zealandic: Mattheüs

See also

• Matthew principle