Mattᵉnay — H4982

Definition

masculine proper noun

Mattenai, the name of three Israelites

1. Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah"
2. a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim
3. an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4. another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Mattenai

Origin

from H4976; liberal

• Derived from Mattân (H4976)

Occurrences

Mattᵉnay occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Nehemiah (1)

• Ezra 10:33 — Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai (מַתְּנַ֤י), Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
• Ezra 10:37 — Mattaniah, Mattenai (מַתְּנַ֖י), and Jaasau,
• Nehemiah 12:19 — And of Joiarib, Mattenai (מַתְּנַ֔י); of Jedaiah, Uzzi;