Strong's H4983 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מַתַּנְיָה (Mattanyâh)

Pronunciation: mat-tan-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"

Derivation: or מַתַּנְיָהוּ (Mattanyâhûw); from מַתָּן (mattân) [H4976] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; gift of Jah;

Definition: Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

KJV Renderings: Mattaniah.

Senses

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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.