noun · masculine
mathaios
GreekΜαθθαῖος (maththaios)
Strong’sG3156
Matthew
stem mathai-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μαθθαῖος (Rec. Ματθ-, v. WH, App., 159; Bl., § 3, 11; on the Semitic form, v. Dalman, Words, 51; Gr., 142), -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3156 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmat-thah'-yos
Matthæus (i.e. Matthitjah), an Israelite and a Christian
Froma shorter form of G3164;
King JamesMatthew.
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 | mathaios2×Μαθθαῖος | mathaiois |
| object accusative | mathaion3×Μαθθαῖον | mathaioin |
| direct address vocative | mathaior | mathaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mathaiou | mathaioiu |
| to, for dative | mathaio | mathaioi |
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
mathaio 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
mathaios“Matthew”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 10:3“Matthew”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“Matthew”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.
mathaion“Matthew”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 9:9“Matthew”Kai paragarōtos tos Iēsus ekeithen horata anthrōpon katherōton epi tem telōniem, Mathaion legirōton, kai legatō auto; Akolouthasōr mi; kai anistanaratos akolouthata auto.As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
Mark 3:18“Matthew”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“Matthew”kai Mathaion kai Thōmaon kai Iakōbon Halfaiou kai Simōnon ton kalirōton ZēlōtonMatthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;