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English
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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) (file )
Proper noun
Matthew (plural Matthews )
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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.
A surname originating as a patronymic .
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.
( 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.
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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 )
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 ( 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 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 )
Venetian: Mateo m
Waray-Waray: Mateo
Welsh: Mathew (cy) m
West Frisian: Mattéus
Wolof: Macë
Yakut: Маппыай ( Mappıay )
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 )
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 ( mathiu likhitô susômagbhôrô )
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
Venetian: 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