Ἀλφαῖος
ὃς ἂν βούληται τῆν γῆν κινῆσαι κινησάτω τὸ πρῶτον ἑαυτόν → let him that would move the world first move himself
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ Alfeo padre del apóstol Santiago Eu.Marc.2.14, Eu.Matt.10.3, Act.Ap.1.13.
English (Strong)
of Hebrew origin (compare חֵ֫לֶף); Alphæus, an Israelite: Alpheus.
English (Thayer)
(WH Ἁλφ., see their Introductory § 408), ὁ (חַלְפַּי cf. חַגַּי Ἀγγαῖος, Λευί, 4.
2. the father of James the less, so called, one of the twelve apostles: Κλωπᾶς after a different pronunciation of the Hebrew חלפי accusative to which cheth (ח) was changed into kappa κ', as פֶּסַח φασεκ, Ἰάκωβος, 2; (B. D. American edition under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Alphaeus; also Lightfoot's Commentary on Galatians , pp. 256,267 (American edition, pp. 92,103); Wetzel in Studien und Kritiken for 1883,10. 620f).
