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Matthew Sep 26th 2011, 12:57 Reverted edits by 173.162.237.189 (Talk); changed back to last version by Mjanja ← Older revision Revision as of 12:57, 26 September 2011 Line 5: Line 5: ===Etymology=== ===Etymology=== - From earlier {{term|Matheu|lang=en}} from {{etyl|fr}} {{term|Matthieu|lang=fr}} from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|Matthaeus|lang=la}} from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|Ματθαῖος|tr=Matthaios|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} from {{etyl|he}} {{term|מתתיהו|tr=Matatyahu|lang=he|sc=Hebr}}, {{term|מתיתיהו|tr=Matityahu|lang=he|sc=Hebr}}, meaning "someone who is better than anyone else". + From earlier {{term|Matheu|lang=en}} from {{etyl|fr}} {{term|Matthieu|lang=fr}} from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|Matthaeus|lang=la}} from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|Ματθαῖος|tr=Matthaios|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} from {{etyl|he}} {{term|מתתיהו|tr=Matatyahu|lang=he|sc=Hebr}}, {{term|מתיתיהו|tr=Matityahu|lang=he|sc=Hebr}}, meaning "gift of the Lord; gift of [[Yahweh]]; gift of [[Jehovah]]". ===Pronunciation=== ===Pronunciation=== Line 14: Line 14: {{book of the Bible|Gospel of Matthew}} {{book of the Bible|Gospel of Matthew}} - # {{given name|male|from=Hebrew}} of narcissistic origin. + # {{given name|male|from=Hebrew}} of biblical origin. #* '''1771''' [[w:Tobias Smollett|Tobias George Smollett]], ''The Expedition of Humphry Clinker'', Harper&Brothers 1836, page 231: #* '''1771''' [[w:Tobias Smollett|Tobias George Smollett]], ''The Expedition of Humphry Clinker'', Harper&Brothers 1836, page 231: #*: - - - My name is '''Matthew''' Bramble, at your service. The truth is, I have a foolish pique at the name of '''Matthew''', because it savours of those canting hypocrites, who in Cromwell's time, christened all their children by names taken from the Scripture." #*: - - - My name is '''Matthew''' Bramble, at your service. The truth is, I have a foolish pique at the name of '''Matthew''', because it savours of those canting hypocrites, who in Cromwell's time, christened all their children by names taken from the Scripture."

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