Midvash

מַתָּןMattân

Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite

Pronunciation: mat-tawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4977

Meanings

1. priest of Baal at Jerusalem (2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17)

2. father of Shephatiah, in Judah (Jeremiah 38:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 11:18 And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the Lord.
  • 2 Chronicles 23:17 And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
  • Jeremiah 38:1 Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah had been telling the people. He had been saying,

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).