BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G918
Bartholomaios — Bartholomew
Βαρθολομαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Aram. בַּר־תָּלְמַי, son of Tolmai), Bartholomew, the Apostle (see: Ναθαναήλ): Mat.10:3, Mrk.3:18, Luk.6:14, Act.1:13.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3482
Nathanaēl — Nathanael
Ναθαναήλ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. נְתַנְאֵל), Nathaniel, prob. to be identified with Bartholomew (which see): Jhn.1:45-49 21:2.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Acts 1:13); generally supposed to have been the same as Nathanael. In the synoptic gospels Philip and Bartholomew are always mentioned together, while Nathanael is never mentioned; in the fourth gospel, on the other hand, Philip and Nathanael are similarly mentioned together, but nothing is said of Bartholomew. He was one of the disciples to whom our Lord appeared at the Sea of Tiberias after his resurrection (John 21:2). He was also a witness of the Ascension (Acts 1:4, 12, 13). He was an “Israelite indeed” (John 1:47).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
