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

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.43

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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Profile

Male • Returned from exile • Descendant of Nebo, who divorced his foreign wife.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Mattithiah, a descendant of Nebo, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms (Ezr.10.43).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.43;
• only referred to as Mattithiah מַתִּתְיָה.

Mattithiah was a man from the family of Nebo who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community after their return from Babylonian exile, Mattithiah and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezra 10:43). This action was taken to ensure that the Israelites remained faithful to the Lord and did not fall into the same sins that had led to their exile.

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