Bible Names

Luke: meaning of the name

Luke means “luminous; white.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Luke in Hebrew and Greek

Λουκᾶς G3065

Loukâs — Lucas, a Christian

contracted from Latin Lucanus;

Who named Luke in the Bible

Luke in Scripture

“Luke” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Colossians 4:14

    Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

  • 2 Timothy 4:11

    Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.