Ἁλφαῖος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀλφαῖος (Alphaîos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חַלְפַּי (ḥalpay).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.pʰâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)alˈpʰɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈɸɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈfe.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈfe.os/

Proper noun

Ἁλφαῖος • (Halphaîos) m (genitive Ἁλφαίου); second declension

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Alphaeus, the name of the father of two of Jesus' disciples
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 6:15

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἁλφαῖος; τοῦ Ἁλφαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἁλφαῖος ho Halphaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἁλφαίου toû Halphaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἁλφαίῳ tôi Halphaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἁλφαῖον tòn Halphaîon
Vocative	Ἁλφαῖε Halphaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Αλφαίος (Alfaíos)
→ Latin: Alphaeus

References

Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
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
G256 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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