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HebrewH4977Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַתָּן

mat.tan

3Occurrences
H4977Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite

the same as H4976 (מַתָּן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Mattan = "a gift" 1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah 2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַתָּן appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
1
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 23:17BSB

So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

2 Kings 11:18BSB

So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 38:1BSB

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:

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