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Nehemiah 12:25
“Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַתַּנְיָהMattanyâh · mat-tan-yaw'
H4983 · Hebrew
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
- מַתַּנְיָ֧ה — 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.