What does Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos) mean in the Bible?
Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos) is a Greek word meaning "Thaddæus, one of the Apostles".
Greek · G2280
Θαδδαῖος
Thaddæus, one of the Apostles
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ΘαδδαῖοςG2280
PronunciationThaddaîos
What does Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos) mean in the Bible?
Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos) is a Greek word meaning "Thaddæus, one of the Apostles".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2280?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Thaddaeus (2).
Where does Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItThaddaeus2×Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 10:3
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
Θαδδαῖον1xThaddaionMark 3:18
Θαδδαῖος1xThaddaiosMatthew 10:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xMark 3:18
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xMatthew 10:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Thaddæus, one of the Apostles
Strong'sG2280
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
Thaddæus, one of the Apostles
Extended definition
:--Thaddæus.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:3Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Θαδδαῖος·qaddaiov
Thaddaeus
Read verseMark 3:18Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Θαδδαῖον,qaddaion
Thaddaeus
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 10:31×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMark 3:181×
Word Origins
Θαδδαῖος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.