H4977: מַתָּן
Mattân · pronounced mat-tawn' · “Mattan”
Definition
Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Mattan.
Word origin: the same as H4976 (מַתָּן);
Extended definition
§ Mattan = "a gift"
1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah
2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4977 is translated
- mattan ×3
Bible verses with H4977 (Mattân)
Mattân appears in 3 verses.
- 2 Kings 11:18
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 23:17
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- Jeremiah 38:1
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,