STRONGS NUMBER G3159


Word Summary
Matthias: Matthias
Original Word: Ματθίας
Transliteration: Matthias
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-thee'-as)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Matthias
Meaning: Matthias
Strong's Concordance
Matthias.

Apparently a shortened form of Mattathias; Matthias (i.e. Mattithjah), an Israelite -- Matthias.

see GREEK Mattathias

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3159: Ματθίας

Ματθίας (T Tr WH Μαθθίας (see references under the word Ματθαῖος)), Ματθια (yet cf. Buttmann, 18 (16)), (see Ματθαῖος), Matthias, the apostle who took the place of Judas Iscariot: Acts 1:23, 26.