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