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MATHEW

"MATHEW" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become".

Date "MATHEW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

"MATHEW" is a common misspelling or typo for: Matthew.


Specialty Definition: MATHEW

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Literature

Mathew (Father), 1799-1856, called The Apostle of Temperance. His success was almost miraculous. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MATHEW

Specialty definitions using "MATHEW": Apostles, where buriedFather Mathew. (references)

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Commercial Usage: MATHEW

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Books

  • Principles of Chinese Bible Translation As Expressed in Five Selected Versions of the New Testament and Exemplified by Mathew 5.1 and Colossians 1 (reference)

  • Kuyou Mathew "Shen" (reference)

  • Mathew Swain: Hot Time in Old Town (reference)

  • Mathew Swain: The Odds Are Murder (reference)

  • Mathew Swain: When Trouble Beckons (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: MATHEW

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: MATHEW

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Letter from Mathew Brady to President Abraham Lincoln, asking Lincoln to sit for a photograph. Credit: Library of Congress.

Photographer Mathew B. Brady, three-quarter length portrait, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (reading newspaper) with Mathew B. Brady (nearest tree) at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. Charles Wrape came to help his Uncle Mathew move out of the area being taken over by the Army. His own farm is a few miles outside the area. Leraysville, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MATHEW

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Human Rights

Cameroon

There were no reports of any action taken against the members of the security forces responsible for the following killings in 2000: The September death from torture of Mathew Titiahonjo; the June killing of two bandits by security officers; and the May killings of two women in Yaounde. (references)

Cameroon

On April 11, the traditional rulers of Ekondo-Titi, Southwest Province, acting under the authority of the Balondo Development Association (BACUDA), ordered the expulsion of Iyassa Anou, Joseph Regeant, Johnson Mambo Naseri, Mathew Ajong Awor, Christian Buma, Francisca Nyando, and James Okenye, for allegedly bewitching to death a resident of the town of Lobe; however, the order to expel the seven was not implemented by year's end. (references)

Cameroon

There reportedly was no action taken against the responsible members of the security forces who tortured, beat, raped, or otherwise abused the persons in the following cases from 2000: The November beating of a journalist; the September rape of two girls; the June beating of Amelie, a female soccer player; the June injuring of several persons when a grenade thrown by a gendarme exploded in a bar; the June beating of Beatrice Elouga, the June assault of numerous citizens; the May torturing of Achille Tehoumba Heubo; the May beating of Madeleine Ngo Songane; the May torturing to death of Mathew Titiahonjo; the May beating of several student demonstrators; the April beating and torturing of a foreign volunteer teacher; the April injuring of Cecile Ngono; the April beating of Nicole Ajong; the April beating of parishioners at Notre Dame De Sept Douleurs; the March torturing of Jean Paul Kentsa and two others; the January injuring and beating of several students when a demonstration was dispersed forcibly; and the January torturing of customs inspector Vincent Nkengfue. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MATHEW

"MATHEW" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.68% of the time. "MATHEW" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)92.68%3855,818
Lexical Verb (base form)7.32%3202,518
                    Total100.00%41N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: MATHEW

The following table summarizes the usage of "MATHEW" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MathewFirst name Male64,000241
MathewLast name2,0005,440
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: MATHEW

"MATHEW" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "MATHEW."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
MatthewMaleBiblicalYahweh
MatthiasMaleBiblicalMatthew
MattithyahuMaleBiblical (Original)Matthew
MatijaMaleCroatianMatthew
MatejMaleCzechMatthew
MadsMaleDanishMatthew
MatMaleEnglishMatthew
MathewMaleEnglishMatthew
MattMaleEnglishMatthew
MatthewMaleEnglishYahweh
MatthiasMaleEnglishMatthew
MattyMaleEnglishMatthew
MatiasMaleFinnishMatthew
MattiMaleFinnishMatthew
MathieuMaleFrenchMatthew
MatthiasMaleGermanMatthew
MatthiasMaleGreekMatthew
MakaioMaleHawaiianMatthew
MátéMaleHungarianMatthew
MátyásMaleHungarianMatthew
MaitiúMaleIrishMatthew
MatteoMaleItalianMatthew
MattiaMaleItalianMatthew
MatsMaleNorwegianMatthew
MaciejMalePolishMatthew
MateuszMalePolishMatthew
MateusMalePortugueseMatthew
MatheusMalePortugueseMatthew
MatveiMaleRussianMatthew
MatijaMaleSerbianMatthew
MatejMaleSlovakMatthew
MatejMaleSloveneMatthew
MatijaMaleSloveneMatthew
MatjazMaleSloveneMatthew
MateoMaleSpanishMatthew
MatsMaleSwedishMatthew
YahwehMaleTheologyN/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: MATHEW

Expression using "MATHEW": Mathew B. Brady. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MATHEW

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mathew lesko

86

mathew schram

13

mathew

77

knowles mathew

13

mathew lawrence

76

lawerence mathew

11

mathew brady

61

dave mathew band

11

mathew mcconaughey

55

mathew modine

10

mathew shepard

53

mathew bow

10

mathew patrick st

52

mathew wilson

9

mathew perry

48

lawrence mathew picture

9

mathew rush

36

mathew williamson

9

mathew good band

36

dave mathew

8

good mathew

34

mathew mcconahey

8

barney mathew

25

mathew streamer

8

mathew henry

20

band good lyrics mathew

8

mathew broderick

19

mathew lesco

7

lillard mathew

18

mathew mcconaghey

7

mathew henry commentary

18

flinders mathew

7

duncan james mathew

18

commodore mathew perry

6

mathew sheppard

15

mathew mcconaughy

6

mathew sweet

14

mathew zone

6

bender mathew

14

maconahey mathew

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MATHEW

Language Translations for "MATHEW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

мэтью. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: MATHEW

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 6, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMatqaion kai qwman iakwbon ton tou alfaiou kai simwna ton kaloumenon zhlwthn
Latin405VulgateMattheum et Thomam Iacobum Alphei et Simonem qui vocatur Zelotes
Old English990West SaxonAnd þomam. and Maþeum. and Iacobum. Alfei. and simonem. se is genemned zelotes.
Middle English1395WyclifFilip and Bartholomew, Matheu and Thomas, James Alphei, and Symount, that is clepid Zelotes,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleMathew and Thomas Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon called zelotes
Jacobean English1611King JamesMatthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Victorian English1833WebsterMatthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Basic English1964OgdenAnd Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: MATHEW

LanguageLuke Chapter 6, Verse 15
Cebuanoug si Mateo, ug si Tomas, ug si Santiago nga anak ni Alfeo, ug si Simon nga ginganlan ug Zelote,
Croatiani Mateja, i Tomu, i Jakova Alfejeva, i imuna zvanoga Revnitelj,
Danishog Matthæus og Thomas, Jakob, Alfæus's Søn, og Simon, som kaldes Zelotes,
DutchMattheus en Thomas, Jakobus, den zoon van Alfeus, en Simon genaamd Zelotes;
Finnishja Matteuksen ja Tuomaan, ja Jaakobin, Alfeuksen pojan, ja Simonin, jota kutsuttiin Kiivailijaksi,
FrenchMatthieu; Thomas; Jacques, fils d`Alphée; Simon, appelé le zélote;
GermanMatthäus und Thomas, Jakobus, des Alphäus Sohn, Simon genannt Zelotes,
HungarianMátét és Tamást, Jakabot, az Alfeus fiát, és Simont, a ki Zelotesnek nevezteték,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamadan Matius, dan Tomas, dan Yakub, anak Alpius, dan Simon yang digelar Zelotis,
ItalianMatteo, Tommaso, Giacomo d'Alfeo, Simone soprannominato Zelota,
LatvianMateju un Tomu, Jçkabu, Alfeja dçlu, un Sîmani, kas saukts Centîgais,
Manx GaelicMian as Thomase, Jamys mac Alpheus, as Simon va enmyssit Zelotes
MaoriKo Matiu raua ko Tamati, ko hemi tama a Arapiu, ko Haimona e kiia nei ko Heroti,
Norwegianog Matteus og Tomas og Jakob, Alfeus' sønn, og Simon, som kaltes ivreren,
PortugueseMateus e Tomé; Tiago, filho de Alfeu, e Simão, chamado Zelote;   
Rumanianpe Matei; pe Toma; pe Iacov, fiul lui Alfeu; pe Simon, numit Zilotul;
ShuarMateusha, Tumassha, Arpeu uchiri Jakupusha, Asump Semunsha,
Swedishoch Matteus och Tomas och Jakob, Alfeus' son, och Simon, som kallades ivraren;
Uma

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: MATHEW

Misspellings

"MATHEW" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Maathai, Machwe, Madhuc, Maithir, mathe, Mathonwy, matthew, Mauthe, mayhew, Methel, Methow. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: MATHEW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-m-t-w"

-1 letter: wheat.

-2 letters: ahem, eath, haem, haet, hame, hate, heat, mate, math, meat, meta, meth, tame, team, thae, thaw, them, thew, twae, wame, wham, what, whet.

-3 letters: ate, awe, eat, eta, eth, hae, ham, hat, haw, hem, het, hew, mae, mat, maw, met, mew, tae, tam, taw, tea, tew, the, twa, wae, wat, wet.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-m-t-w"
 

+2 letters: somewhat, watchmen.

 

+3 letters: earthworm, heartworm, somewhats.

 

+4 letters: earthworms, heartworms, makeweight, midwatches, threadworm, tomahawked, watchmaker, weatherman, weathermen.

 

+5 letters: blameworthy, makeweights, mouthwashes, threadworms, warmhearted, watchmakers, wharfmaster, whoremaster.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Bible Trace
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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