Maṭṭâʻ — H4302

Definition

masculine noun

something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, planting

1. place or act of planting, planting, plantation
1. planting place
2. act of planting
3. plantation

Usually translated as

planting, plant, plantation

Origin

from H5193

• Derived from Nâṭaʻ (H5193)

Greek equivalents

• phyteía (G5451)

Occurrences

Maṭṭâʻ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Micah (1)

• Isaiah 60:21 — Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting (מַטָּעַ֛י), the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
• Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting (מַטַּ֥ע) of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
• Ezekiel 17:7 — There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation (מַטָּעָֽהּ).
• Ezekiel 31:4 — The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants (מַטָּעָ֔הּ), and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
• Ezekiel 34:29 — And I will raise up for them a plant (מַטָּ֖ע) of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
• Micah 1:6 — Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings (לְמַטָּ֣עֵי) of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.