Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4983: מַתַּנְיָה

Mattanyâh · pronounced mat-tan-yaw' · “Mattaniah”

Definition

Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

KJV translates it as: Mattaniah.

Word origin: or מַתַּנְיָהוּ; from H4976 (מַתָּן) and H3050 (יָהּ); gift of Jah;

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.15;
son of: Mica (H4316)
§ 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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4983 is translated

  • mattaniah ×16

Bible verses with H4983 (Mattanyâh)

Mattanyâh appears in 16 verses.

  • 2 Kings 24:17

    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:15

    And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

  • 1 Chronicles 25:4

    Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

  • 1 Chronicles 25:16

    The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

  • 2 Chronicles 20:14

    Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;

  • 2 Chronicles 29:13

    And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

  • Ezra 10:26

    And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

  • Ezra 10:27

    And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

  • Ezra 10:30

    And of the sons of Pahath–moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

  • Ezra 10:37

    Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

  • Nehemiah 11:17

    And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

  • Nehemiah 11:22

    The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.

  • Nehemiah 12:8

    Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

  • Nehemiah 12:25

    Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

  • Nehemiah 12:35

    And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

  • Nehemiah 13:13

    And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.