Mattithyâh — H4993

Definition

masculine proper noun

Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

1. Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah"
2. a Levite who presided over the offerings
3. a Levite appointed by David to minister in the musical service before the ark
4. one of the family of Nebo who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5. one of the men who stood at the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

Usually translated as

Mattithiah. n

Origin

or Mattithyâhûw; from H4991 and H3050; gift of Jah

• Derived from Mattâth (H4991)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Greek equivalents

• Mattathías (G3161)

Occurrences

Mattithyâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (6), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 9:31 — And Mattithiah (וּמַתִּתְיָה֙), one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah (וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ֩), and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:21 — And Mattithiah (וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ), and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah (וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה), and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 1 Chronicles 25:3 — Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah (וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ), six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 25:21 — The fourteenth to Mattithiah (מַתִּתְיָ֔הוּ), he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
• Ezra 10:43 — Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah (מַתִּתְיָה֙), Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah (מַתִּתְיָ֡ה), and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.