Matthias

From Latin Matthias.

• IPA^(key): /məˈθaɪəs/

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.

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

• 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)

Matthias

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

• Mads
• Mathias
• Matthæus

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Matthias m

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

• IPA^(key): /ma.tjas/

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Matthias m

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

Borrowed from Latin Matthias. Related to Matthäus.

• IPA^(key): /maˈtiːas/

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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

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

From the Koine Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), Μαθθίας (Maththías), contracted from Ματταθίας (Mattathías), from the Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyā́hū, literally “gift of God”). Compare Matthaeus.

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

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]

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

Matthias m

1. a male given name, variant of Matias