Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matth.

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: matth.
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Matthew (Gospel of Matthew)

Example Sentences

"“Augustine observes how those who are addressed here as ‘being evil,’ are the very same into whose mouths but just now the Lord has put that word, ‘Our Father;’ to whom he has made the promise ‘Ask and it shall be given you;’ so that every faithful, i. e., believing man, has a double aspect, he is ‘evil’ through his old nature, he is good through participation with him who is the highest good, who is in some sense the alone good (Matth. xix. 17), the good in himself, and altogether good, while others are good through him, and only as they are sharers of his life.[”]"

Etymology

A convergent abbreviation of the English Matthew and of its Latin equivalent Matthaeus.

Derived Forms

Matthean

Questions

What does matth. mean?: Matthew (Gospel of Matthew)
Where does matth. come from?: A convergent abbreviation of the English Matthew and of its Latin equivalent Matthaeus.

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