Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE) origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “gift of YHWH (the Lord)”
Borrowed from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Aramaic מַתַּי (mattay).
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- Wiktionary: MatthäusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- German Wiktionary: MatthäusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Polish Wiktionary: MatthäusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Portuguese Wiktionary: MatthäusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Chinese Wiktionary: MatthäusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wiktionary: MatthaeusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

