Matthias
English edit
Etymology edit
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Matthias
- The Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. (biblical character)
- A male given name from Hebrew, derived from the same source as Matthew.
Usage notes edit
In several European languages, the equivalents of Matthias rather than Matthew are preferred as given names.
Quotations edit
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
- And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. (Acts 1:26)
Translations edit
the Apostle replacing Judas
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male given name
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Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Matthias
- (biblical) Matthias.
- a male given name
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Matthias m
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Matthias m
- (biblical) Matthias
- a male given name. Variant spelling: Mathias
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Matthias. Related to Matthäus.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Matthias m (proper noun, strong, genitive Matthias' or Matthiä or Matthiae)
- (biblical) Matthias
- 1678, Der christliche Ulysses, oder weit-versuchte Cavallier, Nürnberg, page 281:
- Es begreiffet auch in sich den Ort, da nach der Himmelfahrt deß HERRN die Apostel, den Apostel Matthiam, an die Stell deß Verrähters Judæ, durch Loos, beruffen hatten.
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- a male given name; variant forms Mathias, Mattias
Usage notes edit
- The genitive Matthiä is dated/archaic in religious context, otherwise it is unused.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Koine Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), Μαθθίας (Maththías), contracted from Ματταθίας (Mattathías), from the Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyā́hū, literally “gift of God”). Compare Matthaeus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmat.tʰi.aːs/, [ˈmät̪ːʰiäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmat.ti.as/, [ˈmät̪ːiäs]
Proper noun edit
Matthiās m sg (genitive Matthiae); first declension
- Saint Matthias (the Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot after the latter’s Betrayal of Christ and subsequent suicide)
- AD 2nd century, Acta Andreae et Matthiae apud Anthropophagos [The Acts of Andrew and Matthias among the Anthropophagi]
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Matthiās |
Genitive | Matthiae |
Dative | Matthiae |
Accusative | Matthiān Matthiam |
Ablative | Matthiā |
Vocative | Matthiā |
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Proper noun edit
Matthias m
- a male given name, variant of Matias