Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4982: מַתְּנַי

Mattᵉnay · pronounced mat-ten-ah'ee · “Mattenai”

Definition

Mattenai, the name of three Israelites

KJV translates it as: Mattenai.

Word origin: from H4976 (מַתָּן); liberal;

Extended definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33
§ Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah"
1) a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim
2) an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3) another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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How H4982 is translated

  • mattenai ×3

Bible verses with H4982 (Mattᵉnay)

Mattᵉnay appears in 3 verses.

  • Ezra 10:33

    Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

  • Ezra 10:37

    Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

  • Nehemiah 12:19

    And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;