Strong's Hebrew #4983 - מַתַּנְיָה Mattanyah or Mattanyahu ("gift of Yah")
Strong's Exhaustive 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 Englishman's Concordance Mattaniah = “gift of Jehovah” 1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’ 2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David 3) a Levite of the family of Asaph 4) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah 5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir 6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat 7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah 8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah 9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra 10) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra 11) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra 12) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4976 and H3050 Brown-Driver-Briggs מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, מַתַּנְיָה 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; Nehemiah 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; Nehemiah 12:35; while contemporary of Zerubbabel Nehemiah 12:8 and of Nehemiah Nehemiah 11:17).b. other Levites: (1) 2 Chronicles 20:14, (2) Nehemiah 12:25, (3) Nehemiah 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. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 4983. מַתַּנְיָה (Mattanyah or Mattanyahu) — 16 Occurrences2 Kings 24:17 1 Chronicles 9:15 1 Chronicles 25:4 1 Chronicles 25:16 2 Chronicles 20:14 2 Chronicles 29:13 Ezra 10:26 Ezra 10:27 Ezra 10:30 Ezra 10:37 Nehemiah 11:17 Nehemiah 11:22 Nehemiah 12:8 Nehemiah 12:25 Nehemiah 12:35 Nehemiah 13:13 |