Strong H4983H4983Gמַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ
Mattaniah
One of the 11 senses of Strong H4983
- Transliteration
- mattanyâh mattanyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {mat-tan-yaw'} mat-tan-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.15;
son of: Mica (H4316)
son of: Mica (H4316)
Meaning of the name
Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Mattaniah
Levite singer and gatekeeper during the time of Nehemiah.
Mattaniah, a Levite singer and gatekeeper, served during the time of Nehemiah (1Ch.9.15; Neh.11.17; 12.8,25).
In the Bible
Strong H4983G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mattaniah4
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
- Nehemiah 11:17And 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.
- Nehemiah 12:8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.