Βαρθολομαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בַּר תַּלְמַי (“son of Tolmai”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /βar.θo.loˈmɛ.os/ → /var.θo.loˈme.os/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bar.tʰo.loˈmɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βar.θo.loˈmɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /var.θo.loˈme.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /var.θo.loˈme.os/

Proper noun

Βαρθολομαῖος • (Bartholomaîos) m (genitive Βαρθολομαίου); second declension

1. Bartholomew, a disciple of Jesus.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Βαρθολομαῖος; τοῦ Βαρθολομαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βαρθολομαῖος ho Bartholomaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Βαρθολομαίου toû Bartholomaíou
Dative	τῷ Βαρθολομαίῳ tôi Bartholomaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Βαρθολομαῖον tòn Bartholomaîon
Vocative	Βαρθολομαῖε Bartholomaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Vartholomaíos)
• → Arabic: بَرْثُولَمَاوُس (barṯūlamāwus)
• → Hebrew: ברתולומאוס
• → Latin: Bartholomaeus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Բարդուղիմէոս (Bardułimēos)
  • Armenian: Բարդուղիմեոս (Barduġimeos)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Барѳоломеи (Barθolomei)
  • → Bulgarian: Вартоломей (Vartolomej)
  • → Russian: Варфоломе́й (Varfoloméj)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Вартоломеј

    Latin script: Vartolomej

  • → Ukrainian: Варфоломі́й (Varfolomíj)

Further reading

• Βαρθολομαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βαρθολομαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G918 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible