King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4993
Transliteration: Mattithyah or Mattithyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-tith-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Mattithiah -- "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Mattithyah or Mattithyahu: "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: מַתִּתְיָהTransliteration: Mattithyah or Mattithyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-tith-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Mattithiah -- "gift of Yah", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Mattithiah Or Mattithyahuw {mat-tith-yaw'-hoo}; from mattath and Yahh; gift of Jah; Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites -- Mattithiah.
see HEBREW mattath
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4993. Mattithyah
or Mattithyahu מַתִּתְיָה מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ, proper name, masculine (compare GrayProp. N. 294, No. 81); — ᵐ5 Ματταθιας, etc; —
1 a Levitical musician, מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ 1 Chronicles 15:18, 21; 25:3, 21 = מַתִּתְיָה 16:5.
2 מַתִּתְיָה, Levitical name 1 Chronicles 9:31.
3 ׳מ, attendant of Ezra (also Levite ?) Nehemiah 8:4.
4 one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:43.