Dictionary Definition
Luke
Noun
1 (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated
with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the
third Gospel [syn: Saint Luke,
St.
Luke]
2 one of the four Gospels in the New Testament;
contains details of Jesus's birth and early life [syn: Gospel of
Luke, Gospel
According to Luke]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
English form of Lucas, Latin from "man from Lucania".Proper noun
- A given name
- Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian ( Col.4:14.etc) credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
- The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
Quotations
- : Colossians 4:14:
- Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Translations
given name
- Aramaic:
- Bosnian: Luka
- Catalan: Lluc
- Czech: Lukáš
- Danish: Lukas
- Dutch: Lukas
- Esperanto: Luko
- Finnish: Luukas
- French: Luc
- German: Lukas
- Hungarian: Lukács
- Irish: Lúcás
- Italian: Luca
- Latin: Lucas
- Maltese: Luqa
- Norwegian: Lukas
- Polish: Łukasz
- Portuguese: Lucas
- Russian: Лука (Luka)
- Serbian:
- Spanish: Lucas
- Swedish: Lukas
evangelist
gospel of Luke
- Danish: Lukasevangeliet; Luk
- Finnish: Luukkaan evankeliumi; Luuk.
- French: Évangile selon Luc; Lc
- German: Das Evangelium nach Lukas; Lk
- Japanese: ルカによる福音書 (ruka ni yoro fukuinsho)
- Norwegian: Evangeliet etter Lukas; Luk
- Swedish: Lukasevangeliet; Luk.
Related terms
German
Etymology
Middle Low GermanNoun
LukeExtensive Definition
Luke () is a common male given name,
and less commonly, a surname, and sometimes used as a shortened
version of the Latin name Lucas. The name Luke
is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through
the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania". It is the 43rd
most common name in the USA,
Famous people known as Luke include:
- Luke the Evangelist, companion Paul of Tarsus
- Vietnamese Martyrs, Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet Pham
- Luther Campbell (born 1960), also known as Luke
- Steve Lukather (born 1957), also known as Luke
- Luke Skywalker fictional, Star Wars
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References
Luke in Czech: Lukáš
Luke in German: Lukas
Luke in French: Luke
Luke in Italian: Luca
Luke in Hungarian: Lukács
Luke in Japanese: ルカ (曖昧さ回避)
Luke in Norwegian: Lukas
Luke in Polish: Łukasz
Luke in Russian: Лука
Luke in Slovak: Lukáš
Luke in Swedish: Lukas
(namn)