Ματθίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Μαθθίας (Maththías)

Etymology

Shortened form of Ματταθίας (Mattathías), from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /matˈtʰi.as/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /matˈθi.as/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /matˈθi.as/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /matˈθi.as/

Proper noun

Ματθίας • (Matthías) m (genitive Ματθίου); first declension

(biblical, Christianity) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Matthias
- 50 CE – 100 CE, Acts of the Apostles 1:23–26:
  καὶ ἔστησαν δύο, Ἰωσὴφ τὸν καλούμενον Βαρσαβᾶν, ὃς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος, καὶ Ματθίαν. […] καὶ ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος ἐπὶ Ματθίαν, καὶ συγκατεψηφίσθη μετὰ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀποστόλων.
  kaì éstēsan dúo, Iōsḕph tòn kaloúmenon Barsabân, hòs epeklḗthē Ioûstos, kaì Matthían. […] kaì édōkan klḗrous autôn, kaì épesen ho klêros epì Matthían, kaì sunkatepsēphísthē metà tôn héndeka apostólōn.
  Translation by KJV
  And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. […] And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Declension

First declension of ὁ Ματθίᾱς; τοῦ Ματθίου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ματθίᾱς ho Matthíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ματθίου toû Matthíou
Dative	τῷ Ματθίᾳ tōî Matthíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ματθίᾱν tòn Matthíān
Vocative	Ματθίᾱ Matthíā

Descendants

Latin: Matthiās (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

G3159 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “Ματθίας”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 736