Matthew

Definitions

1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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.
4. 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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Examples

“- - - 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."”

“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.”

“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⟳.”

“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.”

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