Strong's Greek · G3156
Ματθαῖος
Matthaîos
Matthew
Definition
Matthæus (i.e. Matthitjah), an Israelite and a Christian
Derivation
a shorter form of G3164 (μάχομαι);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;”
“Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;”
“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.”
“Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,”
“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.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).