Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4982 - מַתְּנַי Mattenay (an Israelite priest)

Original Word:	מַתְּנַי
Transliteration:	Mattenay
Definition:	an Israelite priest, also two Israelites
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(mat-ten-ah'ee)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Mattenai

From mattan; liberal; Mattenai, the name of three Israelites -- Mattenai.

see HEBREW mattan

Englishman's Concordance

Mattenai=“gift of Jehovah”
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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4976

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַתְּנַיproper name, masculine (abbreviated from foregoing); — ᵐ5Μαθ(θ)ανια, Μαθθαναι; —

1a priestNehemiah 12:19.

2name of two who took strange wives:

a.Ezra 10:33.

b.Ezra 10:37.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4982. מַתְּנַי (Mattenay) — 3 Occurrences

Ezra 10:33
HEB:מִבְּנֵ֖י חָשֻׁ֑ם מַתְּנַ֤י מַתַּתָּה֙ זָבָ֣ד
NAS: of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah,
KJV: of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah,
INT: of the sons of Hashum Mattenai Mattattah Zabad

Ezra 10:37
HEB: מַתַּנְיָ֥ה מַתְּנַ֖י [וְיַעֲשֹׂו כ]
NAS: Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
KJV: Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
INT: Mattaniah Mattenai Jaasu

Nehemiah 12:19
HEB: וּלְיוֹיָרִ֣יב מַתְּנַ֔י לִֽידַֽעְיָ֖ה עֻזִּֽי׃
NAS: of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah,
KJV: And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah,
INT: Joiarib Mattenai of Jedaiah Uzzi

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