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Proper noun:

  • biblical character Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve disciples. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
  • biblical The Gospel of St. Matthew, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.
  • male|from=Hebrew of biblical origin.
  • patronymic|from=given names

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