Bible Names

Alpheus: meaning of the name

Alpheus means “a thousand; learned; chief.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Alpheus in Hebrew and Greek

Ἀλφαῖος G256

Alphaîos — Alphæus, an Israelite

of Hebrew origin (compare H02501);

Alpheus in Scripture

“Alpheus” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Matthew 10:3

    Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;

  • Mark 2:14

    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

  • Mark 3:18

    And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

  • Luke 6:15

    Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,

  • Acts 1:13

    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.