Lexical Definition

‎מַתְּנַי‎ Mattᵉnay (mat-ten-ah'ee) Mattenai ^N:N-M-P
from ‎מַתָּן‎; liberal

Mattenai.

• § Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah"
• Mattenai, the name of three Israelites

1) a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim
2) an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3) another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַתְּנַי‎ proper name, masculine (abbreviated from foregoing); — ᵐ5 Μαθ(θ)ανια, Μαθθαναι; —

1. a priest Neh 12:19.

2. name of two who took strange wives:
a. Ezra 10:33.
b. vEzra 10:37.

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