HebrewH4993Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ

mat.tit.yah

8Occurrences
H4993Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

or מַתִּתְיָהוּ; from H4991 (מַתָּת) 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, only mentioned at ; son of: Shallum (H7967M) § Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah" 1) a Levite who presided over the offerings 2) a Levite appointed by David to minister in the musical service before the ark 3) one of the family of Nebo who had a foreign wife in the time of ) one of the men who stood at the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
6
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:18BSB

and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Chronicles 15:21BSB

And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.

1 Chronicles 16:5BSB

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 25:3BSB

From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

1 Chronicles 25:21BSB

the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

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