Bible Names

Matthias: meaning of the name

Matthias means “Mattithiah, same as Mattathias.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Matthias in Hebrew and Greek

Ματθίας G3159

Matthías — Matthias (i.e. Mattithjah), an Israelite

apparently a shortened form of G3161 (Ματταθίας);

Who named Matthias in the Bible

Matthias in Scripture

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

  • Acts 1:23

    And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

  • Acts 1:26

    And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.