Lexical Summary Mattanyah or Mattanyahu: "gift of Yah", the last king of Judah, also a number of Isr Original Word: מַתַּנְיָהTransliteration: Mattanyah or Mattanyahu Phonetic Spelling: (mat-tan-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "gift of Yah", the last king of Judah, also a number of Isr Meaning: Mattaniah -- "gift of Yah", the last king of Judah, also a number of Israelites Strong's Concordance Mattaniah Or Mattanyahuw {mat-tan-yaw'-hoo}; from mattan and Yahh; gift of Jah; Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites -- Mattaniah. see HEBREW mattan see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H4983. Mattanyah or Mattanyahu מַתַּנְיָה מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, proper name, masculine (compare GrayProp. N. 294, No. 82); — ᵐ5 Μαθθας, Μανθανιας, Ματθανιας, etc.; — 1 מַתַּנְיָה, last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah 2 Kings 24:17. 2 מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, Levite name: a. son of Heman 1 Chronicles 25:4. b. Asaphite 1 Chronicles 25:16. c. id., 2 Chronicles 29:13 (Hezekiah's time). 3 מַתַּנְיָה, Levite name: a. Asaphite 1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17, 22; 12:8, 35, perhaps = 2b, c (but much confusion and uncertainty; e.g. ׳מ is of Hezekiah's time 2 Chronicles 29:13, and 4th Generation before Nehemiah, Nehemiah 11:12; 12:35; while contemporary of Zerubbabel 12:8 and of Nehemiah 11:17). b. other Levites: (1) 2 Chronicles 20:14, (2) Nehemiah 12:25, (3) 13:13. 4 מַתַּנְיָה, name of several who took strange wives: a. Ezra 10:26. b. Ezra 10:27. c. Ezra 10:30. d. Ezra 10:37. |
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