Matthew

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, male) of biblical origin.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, patronymic) .
  3. Proper noun.  (biblical character) Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve disciples. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
  4. Proper noun.  (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

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