Strong H4993H4993Jמַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ
Mattithiah
One of the 4 senses of Strong H4993
- Transliteration
- mattithyâh mattithyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {mat-tith-yaw'} mat-tith-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4
Meaning of the name
Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Mattithiah
Levite who assisted Ezra in reading the Law.
Mattithiah, a Levite, assisted Ezra in reading the Law to the people (Neh.8.4).
In the Bible
Strong H4993J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mattithiah1
First verses
- Nehemiah 8:4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.