Where does “Ματθαῖος” come from?

Ματθαῖος (Ancient Greek) comes from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Ματθαῖος (Ancient Greek): disciple of Jesus in Christianity

Definitions

  1. disciple of Jesus in Christianity

Ancestry of “Ματθαῖος”, step by step

Ματθαῖος traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

via Aramaic מַתַּי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicמַתַּי—

via Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—

Words derived from “Ματθαῖος”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →Every word from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ →