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Definition of Thaddaeus

1. Noun. (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless.

Definition of Thaddaeus

1. Proper noun. (biblical character) An Apostle, identified with Jude. ¹

2. Proper noun. (qualifier rare) (Ancient Greek male given name); usually spelled Thaddeus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thaddaeus

Literary usage of Thaddaeus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"Here is St. Paul with his sword, St. Matthew with his square, St. Andrew with his cross, St. thaddaeus with his club, St. Peter with the keys, ..."

2. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"The "Gospel of the Ebionites," or "Gospel of the Twelve Apostles," of the 2d cent, and mentioned by Origen, narrates that thaddaeus was also among those who ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"Thus a fourth name U added to thaddaeus, Lebbaeus, and Judas of James : and the ... Judas and thaddaeus are two names for one and the same Apostle, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"The Apocryphal Act» of thaddaeus (in/ri) difl'er again. According to these, thaddaeus was a native of Edessa, who was a disciple of St. John tho Baptist ..."

5. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being by Henry Wace (1877)
"Some, as thaddaeus and Bartholomew, are reckoned now among the Twelve ... Here then Nathanael and Cephas occupy the places of thaddaeus and James (the son) ..."

6. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1898)
"thaddaeus, therefore, began in the power of God to heal every kind of disease ... Tobias then returning to thaddaeus, said to him, ' Abgarus the king has ..."

7. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"The Apocryphal Acts of thaddaeus (infra) differ again. According to these, thaddaeus was a native of Edessa, who was & disciple of St. John the Baptist ..."

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