Lexical Summary Alphaios: Alpha Original Word: ἈλφαίοςTransliteration: Alphaios Phonetic Spelling: (al-fah'-yos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Alpha Meaning: Alpha Strong's Concordance Alpheus. Of Hebrew origin (compare Cheleph); Alphoeus, an Israelite -- Alpheus. see HEBREW Cheleph Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 256: ἈλφαῖοςἈλφαῖος (WH Ἁλφ., see their Introductory § 408), , ὁ (חַלְפַּי cf. חַגַּי Ἀγγαῖος, Haggai 1:1), Alphoeus or Alpheus; 1. the father of Levi the publican: Mark 2:14, see Λευί, 4. 2. the father of James the less, so called, one of the twelve apostles: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13. He seems to be the same person who in John 19:25 (cf. Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40) is called Κλωπᾶς after a different pronunciation of the Hebrew חלפי accusative to which cheth (ח) was changed into kappa κ', as פֶּסַח φασεκ, 2 Chronicles 30:1. Cf. Ἰάκωβος, 2; (B. D. American edition under the word |
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