Alphaeus
is mentioned in the New Testament as the father of three of
the Twelve Apostles, namely:
Matthew Levi the Apostle
James, son of Alphaeus
Jude Thaddaeus the Apostle
As the father of an Apostle James, he has been confused with
Clopas, who through his wife Mary is thought by some to have
been stepfather to James the Less (John 19:25 ). He and
Clop...
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al-fe'-us (Alphaios; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in
Greek, Halphaios):
(1) The father of the second James in the list of the
apostles (Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18; Lk 6:15; Acts 1:13).
(2) The father of Levi, the publican (Mk 2:14). Levi is
designated as Matthew in the Gospel of Mt (9:9). There is no
other reference to this Alpheus.
Some writers,...
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1. Father of James
Mt 10:3; Mr 3:18
-2. Father of Levi
Mr 2:14...
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(changing) the father of the apostle James the Less, Mt 10:3;
Mr 3:18; Lu 6:15; Ac 1:13 and husband of Mary. Joh 19:25
[MARY]
In this latter place he is called Clopas (not, as in
the Authorized Version, Cleophas)....
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(1.) The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of
the
epistle (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13),
and the
husband of Mary (John 19:25). The Hebrew form of this
name is
Cleopas, or Clopas (q.v.).
(2.) The father of Levi, or Matthew (Mark 2:14)....
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Father of James the Less, the apostle, and writer of the
epistle, and "brother (i.e. cousin) of our Lord" (Matthew
10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13); also of Joses (Mark
15:40). Husband of the Mary who with Jesus' mother stood at
the cross (John 19:25). The same as Clopas (as it should be
written, not Cleophas), both names being Greek var...
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And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of
James....
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Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican;
James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was
Thaddaeus;...
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And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and
Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and
Simon the Canaanite,...
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