[Short Hand]

MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo [key]
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English form of Matthaios, which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattithyahu which meant "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles (a tax collector). He was supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament.