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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Aramaic תאומא (“Thomas”), from תאמא (“twin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɔː.mâːs/ → /θoˈmas/ → /θoˈmas/
Proper noun
Θωμᾶς • (Thōmâs) m (genitive Θωμᾶ); first declension
- Thomas
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2381 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN