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HebrewH4982Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַתְּנַי

mat.t.nay

3Occurrences
H4982Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mattenai, the name of three Israelites

from H4976 (מַתָּן); liberal;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah" 1) a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim 2) an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of ) another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַתְּנַי appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Ezra 10:33BSB

From the descendants of Hashum:Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

Ezra 10:37BSB

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.

Nehemiah 12:19BSB

of Joiarib, Mattenai;of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.