noun · masculine
bartholomaios
GreekΒαρθολομαῖος (bartholomaios)
Strong’sG918
Bartholomew
stem bartholomai-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βαρθολομαῖος, -ου, ὁ
(Aram. בַּר־תָּלְמַי, son of Tolmai),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G918 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbar-thol-om-ah'-yos
son of Tolmai; Bar-tholomæus, a Christian apostle
Fromof Chaldee origin ( and );
King JamesBartholomeus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | bartholomaios2×Βαρθολομαῖος | bartholomaiois |
| object accusative | bartholomaion2×Βαρθολομαῖον | bartholomaioin |
| direct address vocative | bartholomaior | bartholomaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | bartholomaiou | bartholomaioiu |
| to, for dative | bartholomaio | bartholomaioi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
bartholomaio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
bartholomaios“Bartholomew”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 10:3“Bartholomew”Filippos kai Bartholomaios, Thōmaos kai Mathaios tos telōnos, Iakōbos tos tou Halfaiou kai Thaddaios,Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Acts 1:13“Bartholomew”kai hote eiserchala, eis tem huperōem anabainala hou ale katamenarōtois, tos tē Petros kai Iōannos kai Iakōbos kai Andreos, Filippos kai Thōmaos, Bartholomaios kai Mathaios, Iakōbos Halfaiou kai Simōnos tos zēlōtos kai Ioudaos Iakōbou.When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
bartholomaion“Bartholomew”objectaccusative singular2×
Mark 3:18“Bartholomew”kai Andreon kai Filippon kai Bartholomaion kai Mathaion kai Thōmaon kai Iakōbon ton tou Halfaiou kai Thaddaion kai Simōnon ton KananaionAndrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
Luke 6:14“Bartholomew”Simōnon hon kai onomazata Petron kai Andreon ton adelfon autou kai Iakōbon kai Iōannon kai Filippon kai BartholomaionSimon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;