Matthew: meaning of the name

Matthew in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Matthew in the Bible

• Matthew, son of Alphaeus

  8 verses · first mentioned in Matthew 9:9 · Apostles, Apostles (Post-Ascension), Apostles (The Eleven)

Matthew in Scripture

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

• Matthew 9:9

  And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

• Matthew 10:3

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

• 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.