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Matthias
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English
Etymology
From en la Matthias.
Pronunciation
en /məˈθaɪəs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Matthias.wav Southern England
Proper noun
The Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. biblical character
en male Hebrew, derived from the same source as Matthew.
Usage notes
In several European languages, the equivalents of en Matthias rather than Matthew are preferred as given names.
Quotations
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. (Acts 1:26)
Translations
the Apostle replacing Judas
Albanian: sq Matía, sq Mathía
Arabic: ar متيا
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬提亞 Mǎtíyà, cmn 瑪弟亞 Mǎdìyà Catholic
Danish: da Matthias
Estonian: et Mattias
Finnish: fi Mattias
French: fr Matthias
German: de Matthias
Hawaiian: haw Matia
Hebrew: he מתיאס
Hindi: hi मत्तियाह m
Hungarian: hu Mátyás, hu Máté
Italian: it Mattia
Kazakh: kk Матия
Korean: ko ^마티아
Latin: la Matthiās m
Norwegian: no Mattias
Polish: pl Maciej m
Portuguese: pt Matias m
Romanian: ro Matia m
Russian: ru Матфе́й m
Spanish: es Matías
Swedish: sv Mattias
Tigrinya: ti ማትያስ
Vietnamese: vi Mátthia
male given name
Albanian: sq Matía, sq Mathía, sq Matthía
Catalan: ca Macià m
Danish: da Mathias, da Matthias
Estonian: et Madis
Finnish: fi Matias
French: fr Matthias
German: de Matthias, de Mathias
Hawaiian: haw Makia
Hungarian: hu Mátyás
Italian: it Mattia, it Matia
Norwegian: no Mathias
Polish: pl Maciej
Portuguese: pt Matias m
Romanian: ro Matia m
Russian: ru Матве́й m, ru Ма́тиа́с m
Spanish: es Matías
Swedish: sv Mattias, sv Mathias
Tigrinya: ti ማትያስ
en Biblical characters
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da biblical character en Matthias.
da male
Related terms
da Mads
da Mathias
da Matthæus
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Matthias.ogg
Proper noun
m
nl biblical character nl Mattias, en Matthias, an apostle
French
Pronunciation
Matthiass
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Matthias.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
m
fr biblical character en Matthias
fr male Mathias
German
Etymology
de la Matthias. Related to de Matthäus.
Pronunciation
de /maˈtiːas/ Germany
de /ˈmatːias/ Switzerland
de De-Matthias.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m,':Matthiä:Matthiae
de biblical character Matthias
de 1678 Der christliche Ulysses, oder weit-versuchte Cavallier Nürnberg 281 Es begreiffet auch in sich den Ort, da nach der Himmelfahrt deß HERRN die Apostel, den Apostel Matthiam, an die Stell deß Verrähters Judæ, durch Loos, beruffen hatten.
de male Mathias,Mattias
Usage notes
The genitive de Matthiä is dated/archaic in religious context, otherwise it is unused.
Latin
Etymology
From the la grc-koi Ματθίας, grc-koi Μαθθίας, contracted from grc-koi Ματταθίας, from the la hbo מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattiṯyā́hū gift of God. Compare la Matthaeus.
Pronunciation
Matthiās yes
Proper noun
Matthiās<1> Matthiān/Matthiam
Saint Matthias the en Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot after the latter’s Betrayal of Christ and subsequent en suicide
AD 2nd century, Acta Andreae et Matthiae apud Anthropophagos [The Acts of Andrew and Matthias among the Anthropophagi]
Declension
Matthiās<1> Matthiān/Matthiam
Descendants
3 desc
da Matthias 1
nl Matthias Matthijs Mattias 1
en Matthias 1
et Mattias 1
fo Mattias 1
fi Matias Matti Mattias 1
fr Matthias
de Matthias 1
it Mattia
lt Motiejus Macius 1
no Mattias 1
pl Maciej 1
pt Matias Matthias Mattias
es Matías
sv Mattias 1
la Biblical characters
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nb Mathias Matias Mattias
Etymology
nb la Matthias, from nb grc Ματθίας Matthías, a younger form of grc Ματθαῖος Matthaîos, ultimately from nb hbo מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattīṯyāhū gift of Yahweh.“Matthias” at Nordic Names.
Compare da Matthias, de Matthias, fi Matthias and sv Matthias.
Pronunciation
nb /¹maˈtiː.as/ [mɑˈtìː.ɑ̌s]
nb iːas 3
nb Mat thi as
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Matthias
Usage notes
The name’s strongest period of use in Norway was from 1995 to 2005.
Statistics
Nordic Names, citing Statistics Norway, gives an approximate count of 300 men in Norway with nb Matthias as their main first name.
References
Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt male Matias