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Luke

Luke

106 4.1
A Christian man who travels with Paul and writes a book about Jesus
  • proper noun
  • /luːk/
translation icon : San Lucas
  • Master Luke, sir, are you all right?
  • Saint Luke
  • St. Luke
  • St. Luke's Hospital

According to Luke, they've made a trip down to register for a census because Joseph is from the lineage of King David, who was born in Bethlehem.

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Examples

  • And in this passage from Luke, Jesus says if you love those who love you, what virtue lies in that even the morally weak love those who love them.

  • And with a strange sort of sadness, Luke realized that he no longer had any choices left.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I miss Luke so much.

  • Luke, l need a favor.

  • See, The thing is that the author of the Gospel of Luke is a traveling companion of Paul.

  • According to Luke, they've made a trip down to register for a census because Joseph is from the lineage of King David, who was born in Bethlehem.

  • In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells a parable about kindness and mercy.

  • The story of the Good Samaritan can be found in the writings of Luke.

  • According to Luke, angels announced Jesus's birth to the shepherds in the fields.

Synonyms

Saint Luke
vsLuke
5.1

A follower of Jesus who travelled with Paul and wrote the third Gospel

is the same but uses an abbreviated reference to Paul
7.5

A Christian writer traditionally said to have written the Gospel of Luke and Acts

focuses on general authorship rather than the specific title
St. Luke
vsLuke
5.4

A Christian saint and follower of Jesus who many people think wrote the third Gospel

mentions only apostle status without stressing saintly religious title

Compounds

One of the four books of the Bible that tells about the life, early years, and teachings of Jesus

A Christian writer traditionally said to have written the Gospel of Luke and Acts

A book in the Christian Bible that tells Jesus's life and teachings, especially his birth and early years

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Luke comes from the Greek name Loukas, which originally meant 'a man from Lucania', a region in southern Italy. So the New Testament figure called Luke simply had that personal name, and we remember him today as the apostle who travelled with St. Paul.