LUKE

Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke

(noun) one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus’s birth and early life

Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke

(noun) (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Luke

A male given name from Latin Lucas, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς or a shortened form of Lucius.

Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

An English patronymic surname, a variant of Luck.

An Irish patronymic surname, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).

A village in ÄŚajniÄŤe, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A village in Tartu, Estonia.

A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.

A village in Moravica district, Serbia.

A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

Anagrams

• leku, leuk-

Etymology

Adjective

luke (not comparable)

(rare) lukewarm

Anagrams

• leku, leuk-

Source: Wiktionary


Luke, a. Etym: [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.]

Definition: Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.

– Luke"ness, n. [Obs.] Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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