Mattanyâh — H4983

H4983 · Hebrew — מתניה

Pronunciation: mat-tan-yaw'

Other spellings: Mattanyâhûw מַתַּנְיָהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

  1. Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"
  2. the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah'
  3. a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David
  4. a Levite of the family of Asaph
  5. a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah
  6. a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir
  7. a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat
  8. another Levite in the time of Nehemiah
  9. a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah
  10. a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
  11. a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
  12. a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
  13. a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Mattaniah

Origin

or Mattanyâhûw; from H4976 and H3050; gift of Jah

Occurrences

Mattanyâh occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (6)

Strong's Lexicon — M