| Lexical Summary Thaddaios: ThaddaeusOriginal Word: Θαδδαῖος Transliteration: Thaddaios Phonetic Spelling: (thad-dah'-yos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Thaddaeus Meaning: Thaddaeus Strong's ConcordanceThaddaeus. Of uncertain origin; Thaddaeus, one of the Apostles -- Thaddaeus. Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 2280: Θαδδαῖος Θαδδαῖος, 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 | 



