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Strong H49772 sensesמַתָּן

Mattan

Transliteration
mattân
Pronunciation
mat-tawn'

Meaning of the name

Mattan = "a gift"

The 2 senses of Strong H4977

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H4977 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Priest of Baal, killed during Jehoiada's reforms.H4977G2 verses · 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
  2. Father of Shephatiah, an opponent of Jeremiah.H4977H1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

The same as H4976; {Mattan} the name of a priest of {Baal} and of an Israelite: - Mattan.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • mattan3

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 11:18
    And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:17
    Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
  3. Jeremiah 38:1
    Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,