First names in Hebrew

First name Luke: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

לוק

Gematria value: 136

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Luke is written לוק

Luke is the English form of Lucas.

Meaning and origin

What does Luke 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

Luke = 136

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. לוק has 3 letters:

• לthe letter Lamed30
• וthe letter Vav6
• קthe letter Kuf100
• Total136

The verse of the name

From the letter Lamed to the letter Kuf

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 Luke, from ל to ק:

לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ־רִיק׃

“Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?”

Psalms 2:1

The book of your first name

Luke, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Luke in three answers

How do you write Luke in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Luke is written לוק. Luke is the English form of Lucas.

What is the gematria value of Luke?
Written לוק, Luke is worth 136: the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Kuf (100).

What does Luke 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.