Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thomas"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Thomas
twin, one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was
also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the Greek
equivalent of the Hebrew name. All we know regarding him is
recorded in the fourth Gospel (John 11:15, 16; 14:4, 5; 20:24,
25, 26-29). From the circumstance that in the lists of the
apostles he is always mentioned along with Matthew, who was the
son of Alphaeus (Mark 3:18), and that these two are always
followed by James, who was also the son of Alphaeus, it has been
supposed that these three, Matthew, Thomas, and James, were
brothers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tom \Tom\, n.
1. A familiar contraction of {Thomas}, a proper name of a
man.
2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or
in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Thomas
n 1: United States clockmaker who introduced mass production
(1785-1859) [syn: {Thomas}, {Seth Thomas}]
2: United States socialist who was a candidate for president
six times (1884-1968) [syn: {Thomas}, {Norman Thomas}, {Norman
Mattoon Thomas}]
3: a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World
War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981)
[syn: {Thomas}, {Lowell Thomas}, {Lowell Jackson Thomas}]
4: Welsh poet (1914-1953) [syn: {Thomas}, {Dylan Thomas}, {Dylan
Marlais Thomas}]
5: the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus
until he saw Jesus with his own eyes [syn: {Thomas}, {Saint
Thomas}, {St Thomas}, {doubting Thomas}, {Thomas the
doubting Apostle}]
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