Ἁλφαῖος

See also: Ἀλφαῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀλφαῖος (Alphaîos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חַלְפַּי (ḥalpay).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hal.pʰâi̯.os/ → /alˈɸɛ.os/ → /alˈfe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.pʰâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)alˈpʰɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈɸɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈfe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈfe.os/

Proper noun

Ἁλφαῖος • (Halphaîos) m (genitive Ἁλφαίου); second declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Alphaeus, the name of the father of two of Jesus' disciples
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 6:15

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἁλφαῖος; τοῦ Ἁλφαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἁλφαῖος ho Halphaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἁλφαίου toû Halphaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἁλφαίῳ tôi Halphaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἁλφαῖον tòn Halphaîon
Vocative	Ἁλφαῖε Halphaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αλφαίος (Alfaíos)
• → Latin: Alphaeus

References

• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G256 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible