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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Θαδδαῖος G2280
Pronunciation Thaddaîos
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 It Thaddaeus 2× 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 row Matthew 10:3
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
Θαδδαῖον 1x Thaddaion Mark 3:18
Θαδδαῖος 1x Thaddaios Matthew 10:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 3:18
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 10:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Thaddæus, one of the Apostles
Strong's G2280
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Thaddæus, one of the Apostles
Extended definition
:--Thaddæus.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 10:3 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Θαδδαῖος· qaddaiov
Thaddaeus
Read verse Mark 3:18 Noun 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:3 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 3:18 1×
Word Origins
Θαδδαῖος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain