מַתִּתְיָהMattithyâh
Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites
Pronunciation: mat-tith-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4993
Meanings
1. a Levitical musician (1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:21; 1 Chronicles 25:3)
2. Levitical name (1 Chronicles 9:31)
3. attendant of Ezra (also Levite?) (Nehemiah 8:4)
4. one of those who took strange wives (Ezra 10:43)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 9:31 Mattithiah, a Levite and the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread used in the offerings.
- 1 Chronicles 15:18 The following men were chosen as their assistants: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers—Obed-edom and Jeiel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were chosen to play the lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph, the leader of this group, sounded the cymbals. Second to him was Zechariah, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They played the harps and lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 25:21 The fourteenth lot fell to Mattithiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.
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).