- Ἁλφαῖος
- Ἁλφαῖος, ου, ὁ (Ἀ other edd.; Hebr. חַלְפִּי, cp. Syr.; MLidzbarski, Handb. d. nordsem. Epigraphik 1898, 275; TNöldeke, Beiträge z. semit. Sprachwissenschaft 1904, 98; Procop. Gaz., Ep. 99) Alphaeus.① father of Levi the tax-collector Λευὶν τὸν τοῦ Ἁ. Mk 2:14; Lk 5:27 D; GPt 14:60.② father of one of the 12 disciples, who is called Ἰάκωβος ὁ τοῦ Ἁ. to distinguish him from the son of Zebedee Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18, also simply Ἰ. Ἁλφαίου Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13.—On him, and the attempts to equate 2 w. Clopas, as well as 1 w. 2, s. Zahn, Forsch. 6, 1900, 323f; JChapman, JTS 7, 1906, 412ff; FMaier, BZ 4, 1906, 164ff; 255ff.
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