Lexical Definition

‎מַתִּתְיָה‎ Mattithyâh (mat-tith-yaw') Mattithiah ^N:N-M-P
or מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattithyâhûw (mat-tith-yaw'-hoo); from ‎מַתָּת‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; gift of Jah

Mattithiah. n

• § Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah"
• Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

1) a Levite who presided over the offerings
2) a Levite appointed by David to minister in the musical service before the ark
3) one of the family of Nebo who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) one of the men who stood at the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

See Greek: Ματταθίας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ‎, ‎מַתִּתְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (compare Gray^{Prop. N. 294, No. 81}); — ᵐ5 Ματταθιας, etc; —

1. a Levitical musician, ‎מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ‎ 1Chr 15:18; 1Chr 15:21; 1Chr 25:3; 1Chr 25:21 = ‎מַתִּתְיָה‎ 1Chr 16:5.

2. ‎מַתִּתְיָה‎, Levitical name 1Chr 9:31.

3. ‎׳‎‎מ‎, attendant of Ezra (also Levite ?) Neh 8:4.

4. one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:43.

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