Matthias

English

Etymology

From Latin Matthias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈθaɪəs/

Proper noun

Matthias

1. The Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. (biblical character)
2. A male given name from Hebrew, derived from the same source as Matthew.

Usage notes

In several European languages, the equivalents of Matthias rather than Matthew are preferred as given names.

Quotations

• 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

the Apostle replacing Judas

• Albanian: Matía, Mathía
• Arabic: متيا
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬提亞／马提亚 (Mǎtíyà), 瑪弟亞／玛弟亚 (Mǎdìyà) (Catholic)

• Danish: Matthias
• Estonian: Mattias
• Finnish: Mattias (fi)
• French: Matthias (fr)
• German: Matthias (de)
• Hawaiian: Matia
• Hebrew: מתיאס
• Hungarian: Mátyás (hu), Máté (hu)
• Italian: Mattia (it)
• Kazakh: Матия (Matiä)
• Korean: 마티아 (Matia)
• Latin: Matthiās m
• Norwegian: Mattias (no)
• Polish: Maciej (pl) m
• Portuguese: Matias (pt) m
• Russian: Матфе́й (ru) m (Matféj)
• Spanish: Matías (es)
• Swedish: Mattias (sv)
• Tigrinya: ማትያስ (matyas)
• Vietnamese: Mátthia

male given name

• Albanian: Matía, Mathía, Matthía
• Catalan: Macià m
• Danish: Mathias, Matthias
• Estonian: Madis
• Finnish: Matias (fi)
• French: Matthias (fr)
• German: Matthias (de), Mathias (de)
• Hawaiian: Makia
• Hungarian: Mátyás (hu)
• Italian: Mattia (it), Matia
• Norwegian: Mathias (no)
• Polish: Maciej (pl)
• Portuguese: Matias (pt) m
• Russian: Матве́й (ru) m (Matvéj), Ма́тиа́с (ru) m (Mátiás)
• Spanish: Matías (es)
• Swedish: Mattias (sv), Mathias (sv)
• Tigrinya: ማትያስ (matyas)

Danish

Proper noun

Matthias

1. (biblical) Matthias.
2. a male given name

Related terms

• Mads
• Mathias
• Matthæus

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Matthias m

1. (biblical) Alternative form of Mattias, Matthias, an apostle.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tjas/

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Proper noun

Matthias m

1. (biblical) Matthias
2. a male given name. Variant spelling: Mathias

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Matthias. Related to Matthäus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtiːas/

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Proper noun

Matthias m (proper noun, strong, genitive Matthias' or Matthiä or Matthiae)

1. (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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2. a male given name; variant forms Mathias, Mattias

Usage notes

• The genitive Matthiä is dated/archaic in religious context, otherwise it is unused.

Latin

Etymology

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.tʰi.aːs/, [ˈmät̪ːʰiäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ti.as/, [ˈmät̪ːiäs]

Proper noun

Matthiās m sg (genitive Matthiae); first declension

1. 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

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Matthiās
Genitive	Matthiae
Dative	Matthiae
Accusative	Matthiān Matthiam
Ablative	Matthiā
Vocative	Matthiā

Portuguese

Proper noun

Matthias m

1. a male given name, variant of Matias