Where does “Ἀλφαῖος” come from?

Ἀλφαῖος (Ancient Greek) comes from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

Ἀλφαῖος (Ancient Greek): the name of the father of two of Jesus' disciples

Definitions

  1. the name of the father of two of Jesus' disciples

Ancestry of “Ἀλφαῖος”, step by step

Ἀλφαῖος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
2Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand

via Hebrew חַלְפַּי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewחַלְפַּי—

Words derived from “Ἀλφαῖος”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 →