Greek proper noun (a person) · G256
Ἀλφαῖος
Alphaiosal-fah'-yos
Father of Levi; Father of James
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Alphaîos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G256is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G256
Alphæus, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Alpheus.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Alphaios is rendered "Father of Levi; Father of James". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Father of Levi".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
The first use
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Matthew 10:3Ἁλφαίου
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: Father of Levi, and Father of James.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Father of LeviMrk.2:14. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 2:14As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me… |
| Father of JamesMat.10:3, Mrk.3:13, Luk.6:15, Act.1:13.† (AS) | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 10:3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Ἁλφαίου5
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular5N-GSM-P
Matthew
one use
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
- Ἁλφαίουhalphaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Alphaeus
Mark
two uses
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- Ἁλφαίουhalphaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Alphaeus
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
- Ἁλφαίουhalphaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Alphaeus
Luke
one use
Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
- Ἁλφαίουhalphaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Alphaeus
Acts
one use
When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
- Ἁλφαίουhalphaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Alphaeus
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.