Lexical Summary Mattithyah or Mattithyahu: "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites Original Word: מַתִּתְיָהTransliteration: Mattithyah or Mattithyahu Phonetic Spelling: (mat-tith-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Mattithiah -- "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Mattithiah Or Mattithyahuw {mat-tith-yaw'-hoo}; from mattath and Yahh; gift of Jah; Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites -- Mattithiah. see HEBREW mattath see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H4993. Mattithyah or Mattithyahu מַתִּתְיָה מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ, proper name, masculine (compare GrayProp. N. 294, No. 81); — ᵐ5 Ματταθιας, etc; — 1 a Levitical musician, מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ 1 Chronicles 15:18, 21; 25:3, 21 = מַתִּתְיָה 16:5. 2 מַתִּתְיָה, Levitical name 1 Chronicles 9:31. 3 ׳מ, attendant of Ezra (also Levite ?) Nehemiah 8:4. 4 one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:43. |
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