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HebrewH4983Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ

mat.tan.yah

16Occurrences
H4983Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

or מַתַּנְיָהוּ; from H4976 (מַתָּן) and H3050 (יָהּ); gift of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; son of: Mica (H4316) § Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah" 1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah' 2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by ) a Levite of the family of ) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah 5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir 6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat 7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah 8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah 9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of ) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of ) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of ) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange 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

מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
6
Ezra
4
1 Chronicles
3
2 Chronicles
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 25:4BSB

From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

2 Chronicles 20:14BSB

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.

Ezra 10:26BSB

From the descendants of Elam:Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Ezra 10:37BSB

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.

Nehemiah 12:8BSB

The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.

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