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Nehemiah 11:17
“And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4983 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
- Derivation
- or מַתַּנְיָהוּ; from H4976 (מַתָּן) and H3050 (יָהּ); gift of Jah;
- KJV renderings
- Mattaniah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מַתַּנְיָ֣ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Kings 24:171 Chronicles 9:151 Chronicles 25:41 Chronicles 25:162 Chronicles 20:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַתַּנְיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.