Mattân — H4977

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

1. Mattan = "a gift"
2. a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah
3. father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah

Usually translated as

Mattan

Origin

the same as H4976

• Same as Mattân (H4976)

Greek equivalents

• Matthán (G3157)

Occurrences

Mattân occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 2 Kings 11:18 — And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan (מַתָּן֙) the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 23:17 — Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan (מַתָּן֙) the priest of Baal before the altars.
• Jeremiah 38:1 — Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan (מַתָּ֗ן), and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,