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**Chito** · 05-01-2009, 05:17 AM

LOL here is mine... by the way, great idea for a thread Isis

MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo (English) [key]
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages.

05-01-2009, 05:17 AM	#10
Chito Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 545 Senior Member	LOL here is mine... by the way, great idea for a thread Isis MATTHEW Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Biblical Pronounced: MATH-yoo (English) [key] English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages.
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