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HEBREW: 4977 Ntm Mattan
NAVE: Mattan
EBD: Mattan
SMITH: MATTAN
ISBE: MATTAN
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Mattan

In Bible versions:

Mattan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a priest of Baal which Joash had executed
father of Shephatiah who reported Jeremiah to the king

gifts; rains ( --> same as Mattana, Mattenai, Matthan)

Hebrew

Strongs #04977: Ntm Mattan

Mattan = "a gift"

1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah
2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah

4977 Mattan mat-tawn'

the same as 4976; Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and
of an Israelite:-Mattan.
see HEBREW for 04976

Mattan [EBD]

gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).

(2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).

(3.) The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).

Mattan [NAVE]

MATTAN
1. A priest of Baal slain in the idol temple at Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 11:18; 2 Chr. 23:17.
2. Father of Shephatiah, Jer. 38:1.

MATTAN [SMITH]

(a gift).
  1. The priest of Baal slain before his altars in the idol temple at Jerusalem. (2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17) He probably accompanied Athalia from Samaria.
  2. The father of Shephatiah. (Jeremiah 38:1)

MATTAN [ISBE]

MATTAN - mat'-an (mattan, "a gift"):

(1) A priest in the house of Baal, slain by Jehoiada before Baal's altar (2 Ki 11:18; 2 Ch 23:17).

(2) The father of Shephatiah a contemporary and persecutor of Jeremiah (Jer 38:1), one of those who put Jeremiah into Malechiah's dungeon (38:6).




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