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Mattithiah — a theophoric name meaning 'gift of YHWH,' borne by several Levites and other figures
A Hebrew proper name compounded from מַתָּן ('gift') and יָהוּ (short form of YHWH), meaning 'gift of the LORD.' It appears in two spelling variants: the longer מַתִּתְיָהוּ and the shorter מַתִּתְיָה. The name is borne by at least four individuals: a Levitical musician appointed by David for the ark procession (1 Chr 15:18, 21; 16:5; 25:3, 21), a Levite in charge of the baked offerings (1 Chr 9:31), an attendant of Ezra at the public reading of the Torah (Neh 8:4), and a man who had taken a foreign wife (Ezra 10:43). The later Greek form Mattathias (Ματταθιας) became famous through the Maccabean patriarch.
Senses
1. Mattithiah (proper name) — The theophoric personal name Mattithiah/Mattityahu, meaning 'gift of YHWH,' borne by several figures in post-exilic and late monarchic texts. The most prominent bearer is the Levitical musician in David's worship arrangements (1 Chr 15:18, 21; 16:5; 25:3, 21). Other bearers include a Levite baker (1 Chr 9:31), a Torah-reading attendant under Ezra (Neh 8:4), and a man in the foreign-wives list (Ezra 10:43). English 'Mattithiah,' Spanish 'Matatías,' and French 'Matthithia' all derive from the Septuagint's Ματταθιας, the same form that later became the name of the Maccabean patriarch. 8×
AR["مَتِّثْيَا", "مَتِّيثْيا", "مَتِّيثْيَاهُو", "وَ-مَتَّثْيَا", "وَ-مَتِّيثْيَاهُو", "وَمَتِّتْيَا"]·ben["আর-মতিথীয়াহু", "ও-মত্তিথিয়", "ও-মত্তিথীয়া", "মতিথীয়াহু", "মত্তিথিয়"]·DE["[ומתתיה]", "[ומתתיהו]", "[מתתיה]", "[מתתיהו]"]·EN["Mattithiah", "Mattityah", "Mattityahu", "and-Mattithiah", "and-Mattityah", "and-Mattityahu"]·FR["Matthithia", "et-Matthithia"]·heb["ו-מתתיה", "ו-מתתיהו", "מתתיה", "מתתיהו"]·HI["और-मतित्याहू", "और-मत्तित्याह", "और-मत्तित्याहू", "मत्तित्याह", "मत्तित्याहू"]·ID["Dan-Matitya", "Matatya", "Matitya", "dan-Matatya", "dan-Matica"]·IT["Mattitia", "e-Mattitia"]·jav["Lan-Matitya", "Lan-Matityahu", "Matitya", "lan-Matitya", "lan-Matityahu"]·KO["그-와-마티뜱", "그리고-마마야", "그리고-마티티야", "마디디야와", "마티티야", "맛데니야"]·PT["E-Matityah", "E-Matityahu", "Mattityah", "Mattityahu", "e-Matityah", "e-Matityahu", "e-Mattityahu"]·RU["Маттитьягу", "Маттитьяху", "и-Маттитья", "и-Маттитьягу", "и-Маттитьяху"]·ES["Matatías", "Matityah", "Y-Matatias", "Y-Matatías", "y-Matatias", "y-Matatías", "y-Matitias"]·SW["Matithia", "Matithiya", "Na-Matithia", "na-Matithia", "na-Matithiya"]·TR["Mattitya", "Ve-Mattitya", "ve-Mattitya"]·urd["اور-متتیاہ", "اور-مَتّتیاہ", "متتیاہ", "متتیاہ-کے-لیے", "مَتّتیاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ, מַתִּתְיָ�� n.pr.m. (cf. GrayProp. N. 294, No. 81);—𝔊 Ματταθιας, etc.;— 1. a Levitical musician, מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ 1 Ch 15:18, 21; 25:3, 21 = מַתִּתְיָה 16:5. 2. מַתִּתְיָה, Levitical name 1 Ch 9:31. 3. מ׳, attendant of Ezra (also Levite?) Ne 8:4. 4. one of those who took strange wives Ezr 10:43.