First names in Hebrew

First name Lukas: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

לוקאס

Gematria value: 197

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Lukas is written לוקאס

Lukas is a German and Scandinavian spelling of Lucas.

Meaning and origin

What does Lukas 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

Lukas = 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 Lukas, 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

Lukas, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Lukas in three answers

How do you write Lukas in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Lukas is written לוקאס. Lukas is a German and Scandinavian spelling of Lucas.

What is the gematria value of Lukas?
Written לוקאס, Lukas 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 Lukas 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.