noun · masculine
halfaios
GreekἉλφαῖος (halfaios)
Strong’sG256
Alphaeus
stem halfai-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἀλφαῖος (WH, Ἀλ-), -ου, ὁ (Aram. חַלְפַּי)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G256 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-fah'-yos
Alphæus, an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin (compare );
King JamesAlpheus.
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 | halfaios | halfaiois |
| object accusative | halfaion | halfaioin |
| direct address vocative | halfaior | halfaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | halfaiou5×Ἁλφαίου | halfaioiu |
| to, for dative | halfaio | halfaioi |
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
halfaio 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
halfaiou“Alphaeus”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 10:3“Alphaeus”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;
Mark 2:14“Alphaeus”kai paragarōtos horata Levion ton tou Halfaiou katherōton epi tem telōniem, kai legatō auto; Akolouthasōr mi. kai anistanaratos akolouthata auto.As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
Mark 3:18“Alphaeus”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 6:15“Alphaeus”kai Mathaion kai Thōmaon kai Iakōbon Halfaiou kai Simōnon ton kalirōton ZēlōtonMatthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
Acts 1:13“Alphaeus”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.