Bartholomew

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος, from Aramaic בר and תלמי.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈθɒləmju/

Proper noun

Bartholomew

1. (biblical) An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
2. A male given name of biblical origin.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Matthew 10: 2 - 4:

  Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew ; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Related terms

• Bart
• Bartlett
• Batt

Translations

the Apostle

• Arabic: برثولماوس (ar) (barṯūlamāws) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܒܪ‌ܬܘܠܡܝ (bartulmay)

• Armenian: Բարդուղիմեոս (hy) (Barduġimeos)
• Belarusian: Варфаламей (be) (Varfalomjéj) m
• Bulgarian: Вартоломей (bg) (Vartoloméj) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴爾多祿茂 (cmn), 巴尔多禄茂 (cmn) (Bā'ěrduōlùmào)

• Czech: Bartoloměj (cs) m
• Danish: Bartholomæus (da)
• Finnish: Bartolomeus (fi)
• French: Barthélemy (fr) m
• German: Bartholomäus (de) m(Catholic), Bartolomäus (de) m (Protestant)
• Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (el) (Vartholomaíos) m
• Irish: Párthalón (ga), Párthalán (ga), Beartlaidh (ga)
• Italian: Bartolomeo (it)
• Japanese: バルトロマイ (ja) (Barutoromai)

• Macedonian: Вартоломеј (mk) (Vartoloméj) m
• Maltese: Bartolomew (mt) m
• Norwegian: Bartolomeus (no)
• Polish: Bartłomiej (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu (pt) m
• Romanian: Bartolomeu (ro) m
• Russian: Варфоломей (ru) (Varfoloméj) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Párthláin (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вартоломеј (sh) m

  Roman: Bartolomej (sh) m

• Slovak: Bartolomej (sk) m
• Slovene: Bartolomej (sl) m
• Spanish: Bartolomé (es) m
• Swedish: Bartolomaios (sv), ( older ) Bartolomeus (sv)
• Ukrainian: Варфоломій (uk) (Varfolomíj) m

male given name

• Armenian: Բարդուղիմեոս (hy) (Barduġimeos)
• Basque: Bartolome
• Bulgarian: Вартоломей (bg) (Vartoloméj) m
• Catalan: Bartolomeu
• Czech: Bartoloměj (cs) m
• Dutch: Bartolomeüs
• Esperanto: Bartolomeo (eo)
• Finnish: Pertti (fi), Perttu (fi)
• French: Barthélemy (fr)
• Galician: Bartolomeu
• German: Bartholomäus (de)
• Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (el) (Vartholomaíos) m
• Hungarian: Bertalan (hu)
• Italian: Bartolomeo (it)
• Latin: Bartholomaeus

• Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
• Low German: Mews, Mewes
• Maltese: Bertu (mt)
• Polish: Bartłomiej (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu
• Romanian: Bartolomeu
• Russian: Варфоломей (ru) (Varfoloméj) m, Бартоломью (ru) (Bartólomʹju) m (indeclinable)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вартоломеј (sh) m

  Roman: Bartolomej (sh) m

• Slovak: Bartolomej (sk) m
• Spanish: Bartolomé (es) m
• Swedish: Bartolomeus
• Ukrainian: Варфоломій (uk) (Varfolomíj) m