Russian

Alternative forms

• Матѳе́й ‎(Matféj) (Pre-reform orthography)

Proper noun

Матфе́й • ‎(Matféj) m anim ‎(genitive Матфе́я, nominative plural Матфе́и, genitive plural Матфе́ев)

1. A male given name: Alternative form of Матве́й ‎(Matvéj)
2. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

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