Definitions for Matthew
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1. Matthew, Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levinoun

   (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

2. Matthew, Gospel According to Matthewnoun

   one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount

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1. Matthewnoun

   of biblical origin.

   Etymology: From earlier Matheu, from Matthaeus, from Ματθαῖος, from מתתיהו, מתיתיהו, meaning "gift of the Lord; gift of Yahweh; gift of Jehovah".

2. Matthewnoun

   Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve disciples. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.

   Etymology: From earlier Matheu, from Matthaeus, from Ματθαῖος, from מתתיהו, מתיתיהו, meaning "gift of the Lord; gift of Yahweh; gift of Jehovah".

3. Matthewnoun

   The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

   Etymology: From earlier Matheu, from Matthaeus, from Ματθαῖος, from מתתיהו, מתיתיהו, meaning "gift of the Lord; gift of Yahweh; gift of Jehovah".

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1. Matthew

   a publican, by the Sea of Tiberias, who being called became a disciple and eventually an apostle of Christ; generally represented in Christian art as an old man with a large flowing beard, often occupied in writing his gospel, with an angel standing by.

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Matched Categories

1. • Apostle
   • Evangelist
   • Gospel
   • Book

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Matthew' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3858

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Matthew' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2594

How to pronounce Matthew?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Matthew in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Matthew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Matthew in a Sentence

1. Matthew Kennedy:

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2. James Nobles:

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3. Yvette Nicole Brown:

   I remember that Matthew McConaughey said that he did not use deodorant and that he did not have an odor, my first thought was, 'I'm going to get as close as I can to him to see if he's right.'.

4. Moody College of Communication:

   We are proud to welcome Matthew McConaughey to officially join our world-class faculty, matthew McConaughey cares deeply for our school and our students, and we are thrilled that Matthew McConaughey shares Matthew McConaughey time and talent to help prepare the next generation of media leaders and innovators.

5. Matthew Long:

   Matthew Falder thought he wouldn’t be caught, he would stop at nothing to exploit (the victims), to make them feel sad, humiliated and unhappy. Ultimately that has devastated some people’s lives.

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