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Matthew
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English
Alternative forms
en Mathew rare
Gospel of Matthew en Matt. Matth. biblical _ abbreviations
Etymology
From earlier en Matheu, from en fro Mathieu, from en la Matthaeus, from en grc Ματθαῖος, from en arc מַתַּי mattay. Compare he מַתִּתְיָהוּ mattiṯyāhū Hebr gift of the Lord. en Mattathias.
Pronunciation
măthʹ-yo͞o, en /ˈmæθjuː/ /-(j)ɪu̯/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Matthew.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
Gospel of Matthew
en male Hebrew of biblical origin.
en 1771 Tobias George Smollett The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Harper&Brothers 1836 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, 0151239576, 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.
en Hannah Rabinowitz Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/white-supremacist-terrorgram-indictment/index.html 2024-09-09 The men, 37-year-old Matthew Allison and 34-year-old Dallas Humber, are the leaders of an online White supremacist group called the Terrorgram Collective, prosecutors say. https://web.archive.org/web/20260102084301/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/white-supremacist-terrorgram-indictment/index.html 2 January 2026
en patronymics.
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.
en Levi
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.
en Q392302 en 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.
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en Mark<id:Q107388> Luke<id:Q39939> John<id:Q36766>
Derived terms
en Mathewson Mathison Matthewman Matthewson St. Matthews
Related terms
en Matthean
en Matthias
pet forms: en Mat, en Matt, en Matty, en Mattie
surnames: en Matheson, en Mathieson, en Matthews
Descendants
pon Madiu 1
Translations
male given name
Afrikaans: af Matteus
Aghwan: xag 𐕌𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕒𐕚
Albanian: sq Mati m, sq Matosh m, sq Mathe f
Arabic: ar مَتَّى m, ar مَاثْيُو
Aragonese: an Mateu m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܲܬܲܝ Mattāy
Hebrew script: arc מתי Mattāy
Syriac: arc ܡܬܝ Mattāy
Armenian: hy Մաթևոս
Old Armenian: xcl Մատթէոս
Asturian: ast Matéu
Basque: eu Mateo
Belarusian: be Маце́й m, be Матве́й m
Breton: br Mazhev m
Bulgarian: bg Мате́й m, bg Ма́тю m transliteration
Catalan: ca Mateu
Cebuano: ceb Mateo
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 馬太 Mā-tái
Mandarin: cmn 馬修 Mǎxiū, cmn 馬特 Mǎtè
Coptic: cop ⲙⲁⲑⲑⲁⲓⲟⲥ
Corsican: co Matteu
Czech: cs Matěj m, cs Matyáš m, cs Matouš m
Danish: da Mathias, da Mads
Dutch: nl Matthijs m, nl Thijs m, nl Matteüs m
Esperanto: eo Mateo
Estonian: et Madis, et Mati
Faroese: fo Mattias, fo Mats
Finnish: fi Matti, fi Matias
French: fr Matthieu m, fr Mathieu m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Mattéus
Galician: gl Mateu
Georgian: ka მათე
German: de Matthias m, de Matthäus m
Greek: el Ματθαίος m, el Μάθιου transliteration from English
Ancient Greek: grc Ματθαῖος m
Greenlandic: kl Maasi, kl Mati
Hawaiian: haw Makaio
Hebrew: he מַתִּתְיָהוּ m Matityáhu, he מַתִּי m Máti
Hindi: hi मैथ्यू m
Hungarian: hu Máté, hu Mátyás
Icelandic: is Matthías m
Ido: io Mateus m
Indonesian: id Matius
Irish: ga Maitiú m, ga Maitias m, ga Mathúin m
Italian: it Matteo m, it Mattia m
Japanese: ja マシュー Mashū, ja マタイ Matai biblical
Korean: ko ^매튜
Latin: la Matthaeus m
Latvian: lv Matīss, lv Matejs m
Lavukaleve: lvk Matthew
Limburgish: li Matteüs
Lithuanian: lt Matas m, lt Motiejus m
Low German: nds Tewes m
Macedonian: mk Матеј m
Maltese: mt Mattew m, mt Mats m
Manx: gv Mian m
Māori: mi Matiu
Marathi: mr मॅथ्यू
Mirandese: mwl Mateus
Norwegian: no Mathias
Occitan: oc Matieu m
Persian: fa متیو matiyo
Polish: pl Mateusz m, pl Maciej m
Portuguese: pt Mateus m
Romanian: ro Matei m
Russian: ru Матве́й m cognate, ru Мэ́тью m transliteration
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Máhtte
Scots: sco Matthew
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mata m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Матеј m, sh Матија m
Latin: sh Matej m, sh Matija m
Slovak: sk Matej m, sk Matúš m
Slovene: sl Matej m, sl Matijaž
Spanish: es Mateo m, es Matías m
Swahili: sw Mathayo c6
Swedish: sv Mattias, sv Matteus
Tagalog: tl Mateo m
Thai: th แมทธิว mɛ̂ɛt-tiu
Tigrinya: ti ማቴዎስ
Ukrainian: uk Матві́й m
Venetan: vec Mateo m
Waray-Waray: war Mateo
Welsh: cy Mathew m
Wolof: wo Macë
Yakut: sah Маппыай
Zealandic: zea Mattheüs
biblical disciple
Afrikaans: af Matteus
Aghwan: xag 𐕌𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕒𐕚
Arabic: ar مَتَّى m
Aragonese: an Mateu m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܲܬܲܝ Mattāy
Hebrew script: arc מתי Mattāy
Syriac: arc ܡܬܝ Mattāy
Armenian: hy Մատթեոս
Old Armenian: xcl Մատթէոս
Asturian: ast Matéu
Basque: eu Mateo
Belarusian: be Матфе́й m
Breton: br Mazhev m
Bulgarian: bg Мате́й m
Catalan: ca Mateu
Cebuano: ceb Mateo
Cherokee: chr ᎹᏚ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 馬太 maa5 taai3, yue 瑪竇 maa5 dau6 Catholic
Eastern Min: cdo 馬太 Mā-tái
Hakka: hak 馬太 Mâ-thai
Hokkien: nan-hbl 馬太 Má-thài, nan-hbl 瑪竇 Má-tō͘ Catholic
Mandarin: cmn 馬太 Mǎtài, cmn 瑪竇 Mǎdòu Catholic
Corsican: co Matteu
Czech: cs Matouš m
Danish: da Matthæus
Dutch: nl Matteüs
Estonian: et Matteus
Farefare: gur Matie, gur Amatie
Faroese: fo Mats m
Finnish: fi Matteus
French: fr Matthieu
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Mattéus
Georgian: ka მათე
German: de Matthäus
Gothic: got 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃
Greek: el Ματθαίος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ματθαῖος m
Greenlandic: kl Maasi, kl Mati
Hawaiian: haw Mataio
Hebrew: he מַתָּי m Matái
Hindi: hi मत्ती m
Hungarian: hu Máté
Icelandic: is Matthías m
Ido: io Mateus m
Indonesian: id Matius
Irish: ga Matha m
Italian: it Matteo
Japanese: ja マタイ Matai
Karen:
S'gaw Karen: ksw မးသဲ
Kazakh: kk Матай
Korean: ko ^마태오, ko ^마태
Latin: la Matthaeus m
Latvian: lv Matejs
Lavukaleve: lvk Matthew
Limburgish: li Matteüs
Lithuanian: lt Matas m
Macedonian: mk Матеј m
Malay: ms Matius
Malayalam: ml മത്തായി
Maltese: mt Mattew m
Manchu: mnc ᠮᠠᡨᡨᡝᡳ
Manx: gv Mian m
Māori: mi Matiu
Marathi: mr मत्तय m
Mirandese: mwl Mateus
Norwegian: no Matteus
Occitan: oc Matieu m
Old English: ang Mathēus m
Persian: fa متی mati
Pohnpeian: pon Madiu
Polish: pl Mateusz m
Portuguese: pt Mateus m
Romanian: ro Matei
Russian: ru Матфе́й m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Matteus
Scots: sco Matthew
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mata m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Матеј m
Latin: sh Matej m
Slovak: sk Matúš m
Slovene: sl Matej m
Spanish: es Mateo
Swahili: sw Mathayo c6
Swedish: sv Matteus
Tagalog: tl Mateo m
Thai: th แมทธิว mɛ̂ɛt-tiu
Tibetan: bo སྐྱེས་ཆེན་དམ་པ་མད་ཐཱ
Tumbuka: tum Mateyu
Turkish: tr Matta
Ukrainian: uk Матві́й m
Venetan: vec Mateo m
Vietnamese: vi Mátthêu Catholic, vi Ma-thi-ơ Protestant
Waray-Waray: war Mateo
Welsh: cy Mathew m
Wolof: wo Macë
Zealandic: zea Mattheüs
gospel of Matthew
Afrikaans: af Matteus
Aghwan: xag 𐕌𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕒𐕚𐔼 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎
Arabic: ar إِنْجِيل مَتَّى, ar إِنْجِيل مَتَّى m
Aragonese: an Mateu m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܡܲܬܲܝ iwāngiliyun d-Mattāy
Hebrew script: arc כרוזותא דמתי Kārōzūṯā Dəmattāy
Syriac: arc ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܡܬܝ Kārōzūṯā Dəmattāy
Armenian: hy Մատթեոս
Asturian: ast Matéu
Basque: eu Mateo, eu Mateoren Ebanjelioa
Bengali: bn মথি
Breton: br Mazhev m
Bulgarian: bg Ева́нгелие от Мате́й n
Burmese: my ရှင်မဿဲခရစ်ဝင်
Catalan: ca Mateu
Cebuano: ceb Mateo
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 馬太福音 maa5 taai3 fuk1 jam1, yue 瑪竇福音 maa5 dau6 fuk1 jam1 Catholic
Eastern Min: cdo 馬太福音 Mā-tái Hók Ĭng
Hakka: hak 馬太福音 Mâ-thai Fuk-yîm
Hokkien: nan-hbl 馬太福音 Má-thài Hok-im, nan-hbl 馬太福音傳 Má-thài Hok-im-toān, nan-hbl 瑪竇福音 Má-tō͘ Hok-im Catholic
Mandarin: cmn 馬太福音 Mǎtài Fúyīn, cmn 瑪竇福音 Mǎdòu Fúyīn Catholic
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Mata
Corsican: co Matteu
Czech: cs Matouš m, cs Matěj m
Danish: da Matthæusevangeliet n definitive form
Dutch: nl evangelie naar Matteüs
Estonian: et Matteuse
Farefare: gur Amatie
Faroese: fo Mats m
Finnish: fi Matteuksen evankeliumi
French: fr Matthieu m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Mattéus
Georgian: ka მათე
German: de Matthäus m
Greek: el κατά Ματθαίον ευαγγέλιον n, el Ματθ.
Ancient Greek: grc Ματθαῖος m
Greenlandic: kl Maasi, kl Mati
Gujarati: gu માથ્થીની લખેલી સુવાર્તા
Hawaiian: haw Mataio
Hindi: hi मत्ती
Hungarian: hu Máté evangéliuma
Icelandic: is Matthías m
Ido: io Mateus m
Indonesian: id Matius
Irish: ga Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Mhatha m, ga Soiscéal Mhatha m, ga Matha m
Italian: it Matteo
Japanese: ja マタイによる福音書 Matai ni Yoro Fukuinsho
Jarai: jra Mathiơ
Kazakh: kk Матай жазған Ізгі хабары
Konkani: kok मातेवा पर्माणें जेजू क्रिसताचें शुभवर्तमान
Korean: ko 마태복음
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb مەتا
Latin: la Matthaeus m
Latvian: lv Matīss m, lv Matejs m
Lavukaleve: lvk Matthew
Limburgish: li Matteüs
Lithuanian: lt Evangelija pagal Matą f
Macedonian: mk Матеј m
Malay: ms Matius
Maltese: mt L-Evanġelju ta' San Mattew
Manchu: mnc ᡝᠨᡩᡠᡵᡳᠩᡤᡝ ᡝᠸᠠᠩᡤᡝᠯᡳᡠᠮ ᠮᠠᡨᡨᡝᡳ ᡳ ᡠᠯᠠᡥᠠ ᠰᠣᠩᡴᠣᡳ
Manx: gv Mian m
Māori: mi Matiu
Marathi: mr मत्तय
Mirandese: mwl Mateus
Nepali: ne मत्ती
Norwegian: no Evangeliet etter Matteus n
Odia: or ମାଥିଉ ଲିଖିତ ସୁସମାଗ୍ଭର
Pohnpeian: pon Madiu
Polish: pl Ewangelia Mateusza f, pl Ewangelia według świętego Mateusza f, pl Mateusz m
Portuguese: pt Mateus m
Punjabi: pa ਮੱਤੀ
Romanian: ro Matei
Russian: ru Ева́нгелие от Матфе́я n
Scots: sco Matthew
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mata m
Sinhalese: si මතෙව්ගේ සුවිශේෂය
Slovak: sk Matúš m
Slovene: sl Evangelij po Mateju m
Spanish: es Mateo m
Swahili: sw Mathayo c6
Swedish: sv Matteusevangeliet n
Tagalog: tl Mateo m
Tatar: tt Маттай
Thai: th แมทธิว Mæ thṭhi w
Tumbuka: tum Mateyu
Turkish: tr Matta İncili
Urdu: ur متّی
Venetan: vec Mateo m
Vietnamese: vi Mátthêu Catholic, vi Ma-thi-ơ Protestant
Waray-Waray: war Mateo
Welsh: cy Mathew m, cy Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Mathew f
Zealandic: zea Mattheüs
See also
en Matthew principle
en Biblical characters