How to Pronounce Thomas
TOM-uhs
Thomas is pronounced TOM-uhs (ˈtɑməs): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Thomas mean?
Thomas means “a twin”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Thomas?
Twin, one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name. All we know regarding him is recorded in the fourth Gospel (John 11:15, 16; 14:4, 5; 20:24, 25, 26-29). From the circumstance that in the lists of the apostles he is always mentioned along with Matthew, who was the son of Alphaeus (Mark 3:18), and that these two are always followed by James, who was also the son of Alphaeus, it has been supposed that these three, Matthew, Thomas, and James, were brothers.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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