Matthew

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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, published 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.

   • 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN‎:

     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.

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, 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.

5. (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.

   Synonym: Mat. (abbreviation)

   Comeronyms: Mark, Luke, John

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), مَاثْيُو (māṯyū) Aragonese: Mateu m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܬܲܝ (Mattāy) Hebrew: מתי (Mattāy) Syriac: ܡܬܝ (Mattāy) Armenian: Մաթևոս (Matʻewos) Old Armenian: Մատթէոս (Mattʻēos) Asturian: Matéu (ast) Basque: Mateo (eu) Belarusian: Маце́й m (Macjéj), Матве́й m (Matvjéj) Breton: Mazhev (br) m Bulgarian: Мате́й m (Matéj), Ма́тю m (Mátju) (transliteration) Catalan: Mateu (ca) Cebuano: Mateo Chinese: Eastern Min: 馬太 / 马太 (Mā-tái) Mandarin: 馬修 / 马修 (zh) (Mǎxiū), (please verify) 馬特 / 马特 (zh) (Mǎtè) Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲑⲁⲓⲟⲥ (maththaios) 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), Μάθιου (el) (Máthiou) (transliteration from English) Ancient Greek: Ματθαῖος m (Matthaîos) Greenlandic: Maasi, Mati (kl) Hawaiian: Makaio Hebrew: מַתִּתְיָהוּ m (Matityáhu), מַתִּי (he) m (Máti) Hindi: मैथ्यू m (maithyū) 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 (ru) 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 (mɛ̂ɛt-tiu) Ukrainian: Матві́й (uk) m (Matvíj) Venetan: Mateo m Waray-Waray: Mateo Welsh: Mathew (cy) m West Frisian: Mattéus Wolof: Macë Yakut: Маппыай (Mappïay) 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) (Mattʻeos) Old Armenian: Մատթէոս (Mattʻēos) Asturian: Matéu (ast) 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) Eastern Min: 馬太 / 马太 (Mā-tái) Hakka: 馬太 / 马太 (Mâ-thai) Hokkien: 馬太 / 马太 (Má-thài), 瑪竇 / 玛窦 (Má-tō͘) (Catholic) Mandarin: 馬太 / 马太 (zh) (Mǎtài), 瑪竇 / 玛窦 (zh) (Mǎdòu) (Catholic) Corsican: Matteu (co) Czech: Matouš (cs) m Danish: Matthæus Dutch: Matteüs (nl) Estonian: Matteus Farefare: Matie, Amatie 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) Hindi: मत्ती m (mattī) 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) Malay: Matius 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 (mɛ̂ɛt-tiu) Tibetan: སྐྱེས་ཆེན་དམ་པ་མད་ཐཱ (skyes chen dam pa mad thā) Tumbuka: Mateyu Turkish: Matta Ukrainian: Матві́й (uk) m (Matvíj) Venetan: 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 (ʔinjīl mattā), إِنْجِيل مَتَّى m (ʔinjīl 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) (Mattʻeos) Asturian: Matéu (ast) Basque: Mateo (eu), Mateoren Ebanjelioa Bengali: মথি (mothi) Breton: Mazhev (br) m Bulgarian: Ева́нгелие от Мате́й n (Evángelie ot Matéj) 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) Eastern Min: 馬太福音 / 马太福音 (Mā-tái Hók Ĭng) Hakka: 馬太福音 / 马太福音 (Mâ-thai Fuk-yîm) Hokkien: 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) Mandarin: 馬太福音 / 马太福音 (zh) (Mǎtài Fúyīn), 瑪竇福音 / 玛窦福音 (zh) (Mǎdòu Fúyīn) (Catholic) Corsican: Matteu (co) Czech: Matouš (cs) m, Matěj (cs) m Danish: Matthæusevangeliet n (definitive form) Dutch: (please verify) evangelie naar Matteüs Estonian: Matteuse Farefare: Amatie 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 Izgı xabary) Konkani: मातेवा पर्माणें जेजू क्रिसताचें शुभवर्तमान (mātevā parmāṇẽ jejū kristācẽ śubhvartamān) Korean: 마태복음 (mataebogeum) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەتا (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) Malay: Matius Maltese: L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mattew Manchu: ᡝᠨᡩᡠᡵᡳᠩᡤᡝ ᡝᠸᠠᠩᡤᡝᠯᡳᡠᠮ ᠮᠠᡨᡨᡝᡳ ᡳ ᡠᠯᠠᡥᠠ ᠰᠣᠩᡴᠣᡳ (enduringge ewanggelium mattei-i ulaha songkoi) Manx: Mian (gv) m Maori: Matiu (mi) Marathi: मत्तय (mattay) Mirandese: Mateus Nepali: मत्ती (mattī) Ngazidja Comorian: Mata Norwegian: Evangeliet etter Matteus n Odia: ମାଥିଉ ଲିଖିତ ସୁସମାଗ୍ଭର (māthiu likhita susamāgbhara) 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: Matteusevangeliet n Tagalog: Mateo (tl) m Tatar: Маттай (Mattay) Thai: แมทธิว (Mæ thṭhi w) Tumbuka: Mateyu Turkish: Matta İncili Urdu: متّی Venetan: 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