Person

Thaddaeus

Thaddaios

Θαδδαῖος

Courageous; or breast-child. Apostle; also Judas of Jacob.

aka: Judas of Jacob, Lebbaeus

Thaddaeus is one of the Twelve, also called Judas of Jacob (not Iscariot) and in some lists Lebbaeus. This Bible’s “Judas of Jacob” points here.

Strong’s

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Θαδδαῖος G2280

Thaddaîos

Thaddæus, one of the Apostles

of uncertain origin;

KJV glosses: Thaddæus

Thayer’s

Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889). Public-domain digital text.

Θαδδαῖος G2280

Thaddaîos

Θαδδαῖος, Θαδδαιου, ὁ (תַּדַּי, perhaps large-hearted or courageous, although it has not been shown that תַּד equivalent to the Hebrew שַׁד can meanpectus as well asmamma; (some would connect the terms by the fact that the 'child of one's heart' may be also described as a 'bosom-child'; but see B. D. under the word )), Thaddeus, a surname of the apostle Jude; he was also called Lebbaeus and was the brother of James the less: Mat 10:3 R G L Tr WH; Mar 3:18. (Cf. B. D. under the word; Keil on Matthew, the passage cited; WH's Appendix, p. 11b. The latter hold the name Λεββαῖος to be due to an early attempt to bring Levi (Λευεις) the publican (Luk 5:27) within the Twelve.)