Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., “hearing”), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. ...

Manliness, a Greek name; one of the apostles of our Lord. He was of Bethsaida in Galilee (John 1:44)...

THE APOSTLE, brother of James the “Greater” (Matt. 4:21; 10:2; Mark 1:19; 3:17; 10:35). He was one, ...

Breast, the name of one of the apostles (Mark 3:18), called “Lebbaeus” in Matt. 10:3, and in Luke 6:...

The son of Alphaeus, or Cleopas, “the brother” or near kinsman or cousin of our Lord (Gal. 1:18, 19)...

Gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or...

Twin, one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24...

Son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Acts 1:13); generally supposed to have been t...

One of the twelve apostles; a native of Bethsaida, “the city of Andrew and Peter” (John 1:44). He re...

Son of Simon (John 6:71; 13:2, 26), surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (Josh. 15:25). His nam...

One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). This word “Canaanite” does...

The son of Alphaeus, or Cleopas, “the brother” or near kinsman or cousin of our Lord (Gal. 1:18, 19)...