Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun luke

2 senses of luke

Sense 1
Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke -- ((New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel)
       INSTANCE OF=> Apostle, Apostelic Father -- (any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people)
       INSTANCE OF=> Evangelist -- ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Sense 2
Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke -- (one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life)
       INSTANCE OF=> Gospel, Gospels, evangel -- (the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings)
       INSTANCE OF=> book -- (a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah")