Matthew

English

Alternative forms

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

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/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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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.

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.

4. (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.

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)
• 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: Маце́й m (Macjéj), Матве́й m (Matvjéj)
• Breton: Mazhev (br) m
• Bulgarian: Мате́й m (Matéj)
• Catalan: Mateu (ca)
• Cebuano: Mateo
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 馬太／马太 (Mā-tái)

  Mandarin: 馬修／马修 (Mǎxiū), 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: मॅथियु m (mĕthiyu), मॅथ्यू (mĕthyū)
• 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 (ko) (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 (Mæ thṭhi w)
• Ukrainian: Матві́й (uk) m (Matvíj)
• Venetan: Mateo m
• Waray-Waray: Mateo
• Welsh: Mathew (cy) m
• West Frisian: Mattéus
• Wolof: Macë
• Yakut: Маппыай (Mappıay)
• 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)
• 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 (ko) (Matae'o), 마태 (ko) (Matae)
• Latin: Matthaeus (la) m
• Latvian: Matejs
• Lavukaleve: Matthew
• Limburgish: Matteüs
• Lithuanian: Matas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Матеј m (Matej)
• 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 (Mæ thṭhi w)
• Tibetan: སྐྱེས་ཆེན་དམ་པ་མད་ཐཱ (skyes chen dam pa mad thā)
• 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
• 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 (ko) (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)
• 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: Matteus (sv) m
• Tagalog: Mateo (tl) m
• Tatar: Маттай (Mattay)
• Thai: แมทธิว (Mæ thṭhi w)
• 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