BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G3002
Lebbaios — Lebbaeus
λεββαῖος, -ου, ὁ (on the derivation, see Dalman, Words, 50; Swete, Mk., l.with), Lebbæus: Mat.10:3, Mrk.3:18 (WH, mg.; Θαδδαῖος, which see, Rec., WH, txt., RV, cf. WH, App., 11, 24. In Luk.6:15, Act.1:13, he is called Σίμων ὁ Ζηλωτής.)† (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Courageous, a surname of Judas (Jude), one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3), called also Thaddaeus, not to be confounded with the Judas who was the brother of our Lord.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
