Alphaeus [Ălphē'us]—transient, chief or a thousand.
1. The father of Levi or Matthew the Apostle (Mark 2:14).
2. The father of James, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13). Sometimes identified as the same person in No. 1 and also as Cleophas.
