Lexical Summary Thaddaios: Thaddaeus Original Word: ΘαδδαῖοςTransliteration: Thaddaios Phonetic Spelling: (thad-dah'-yos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Thaddaeus Meaning: Thaddaeus Strong's Concordance Thaddaeus. Of uncertain origin; Thaddaeus, one of the Apostles -- Thaddaeus. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2280: ΘαδδαῖοςΘαδδαῖος, Θαδδαιου, ὁ (תַּדַּי, perhaps large-hearted or courageous, although it has not been shown that תַּד equivalent to the Hebrew שַׁד can meanpectus as well asmamma; (some would connect the terms by the fact that the 'child of one's heart' may be also described as a 'bosom-child'; but see B. D. under the word |