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Thaddaeus

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

One of the Apostles of Christ, this was his surname, for Lebbeus was his former name. (See Matthew 10:3) If his name was derived from Jaduh or Thaduh, it signifies praise.

Bibliography Information
Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Thaddaeus'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​t/thaddaeus.html. London. 1828.