Alphaeus

"(1.) The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of the" "epistle (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13), and the" husband of Mary (John 19:25). The Hebrew form of this name is "Cleopas, or Clopas (q.v.)." "(2.) The father of Levi, or Matthew (Mark 2:14).