LUKE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Luke mean?
• LUKE (noun)
The noun LUKE has 2 senses:
1. (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
2. one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
Familiarity information: LUKE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LUKE (noun)
Meaning:
(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Luke; Saint Luke; St. Luke
Instance hypernyms:
Apostelic Father; Apostle (any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people)
Evangelist ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Domain category:
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
Meaning:
One of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Gospel According to Luke; Gospel of Luke; Luke
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
evangel; Gospel; Gospels (the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings)
Domain member category:
Abraham's bosom; bosom of Abraham (the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death)
Magnificat ((Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning 'Magnificat anima mea Dominum'))
Holonyms ("Luke" is a part of...):
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
