MATTHEW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount

Synonyms:

Gospel According to Matthew; Matthew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

evangel; Gospel; Gospels (the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings)

Holonyms ("Matthew" is a part of...):

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

Synonyms:

Levi; Matthew; Saint Matthew; Saint Matthew the Apostle; St. Matthew; St. Matthew the Apostle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

Evangelist ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Credits

Context examples:

The Sunday evening was spent in repeating, by heart, the Church Catechism, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of St. Matthew; and in listening to a long sermon, read by Miss Miller, whose irrepressible yawns attested her weariness.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“That means a quart of the best malmsey in Southampton this very night, Matthew Atwood. Art sure that he is dead?”