Meaning of Matthew | Babel Free
ˈmæθjuːDefinitions
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 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.
- 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.
Equivalents
Afrikaans
Matteus
Беларуская
Матвей
Bosanski
mati
Català
Mateu
Cymraeg
Mathew
Esperanto
Mateo
Galego
Mateu
हिन्दी
मत्ती
Hrvatski
mati
Bahasa Indonesia
Matius
ქართული
მათე
Қазақша
Матай
Kurdî
matî
Latina
Matthaeus
Македонски
Матеј
മലയാളം
മത്തായി
Português
Mateus
Română
Matei
Slovenščina
Matej
Српски
mati
Kiswahili
Mathayo
Tagalog
Mateo
Українська
Матвій
اردو
متی
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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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