First names in Hebrew

First name Lucas: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

לוקאס

Gematria value: 197

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Lucas is written לוקאס

Meaning and origin

What does Lucas mean?

Meaning: "from Lucania", heard as lux, "light"
Origin: Latin

Lucas comes from the Greek Loukas, taken from the Latin Lucanus, "the man from Lucania", a region of southern Italy. Very early, people heard in it the Latin lux, "light", and that meaning has stayed with it. Luke is its English form, Luca and Luka its Italian and Slavic forms.

Gematria

Lucas = 197

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. לוקאס has 5 letters:

• לthe letter Lamed30
• וthe letter Vav6
• קthe letter Kuf100
• אthe letter Aleph1
• סthe letter Samekh60
• Total197

The verse of the name

From the letter Lamed to the letter Samekh

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Lucas, from ל to ס:

לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא אַל־תָּשֶׁת יָדְךָ עִם־רָשָׁע לִהְיֹת עֵד חָמָס׃

“You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness.”

Exodus 23:1

The book of your first name

Lucas, in nine pages

• Lucas, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Lucas
• Lucas, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Lucas in three answers

How do you write Lucas in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Lucas is written לוקאס.

What is the gematria value of Lucas?
Written לוקאס, Lucas is worth 197: the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Samekh (60).

What does Lucas mean?
From Lucania", heard as lux, "light (origin: Latin). Lucas comes from the Greek Loukas, taken from the Latin Lucanus, "the man from Lucania", a region of southern Italy. Very early, people heard in it the Latin lux, "light", and that meaning has stayed with it. Luke is its English form, Luca and Luka its Italian and Slavic forms.