מַתַּנְיָהMattanyâh
Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
Pronunciation: mat-tan-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4983
Meanings
1. last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17)
2. Levite name
a. son of Heman (1 Chronicles 25:4)
b. Asaphite (1 Chronicles 25:16)
c. id. (2 Chronicles 29:13)
3. Levite name
a. Asaphite (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 11:22)
b. other Levites (2 Chronicles 20:14; Nehemiah 12:25; Nehemiah 13:13)
4. name of several who took strange wives
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 24:17 Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, as the next king, and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
- 1 Chronicles 9:15 Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zicri, son of Asaph;
- 1 Chronicles 25:4 From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
- 1 Chronicles 25:16 The ninth lot fell to Mattaniah and twelve of his sons and relatives.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14 the Spirit of the Lord came upon one of the men standing there. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite who was a descendant of Asaph.
- 2 Chronicles 29:13 From the family of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel. From the family of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah.
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).