Of Hebrew origin (Mattithyah); Mattathias (i.e. Mattithjah), an Israelite and a Christian -- Mattathias.
see HEBREW Mattithyah
[Μαθθαθιας, see Ματταθίας.]
STRONGS NT 3161: Ματαθιας [Ματαθιας, see Ματταθίας.]
STRONGS NT 3161: ΜατταθίαςΜατταθίας, Ματταθίου (Buttmann, 18 (16)), ὁ, Mattathias;
1. one of Christ's ancestors: Luke 3:25 (here Treg. Μαθθαθιου (cf. references under the word Ματθαῖος, at the beginning)).
2. one of the ancestors of the man just mentioned: Luke 3:26 (Tr marginal reading Ματαθιου).