Mattenai

In Bible versions:

Mattenai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a layman of the Hashum Clan who put away his heathen wife
a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Bani
priest head of the house of Joiarib under High Priest Joiakim

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

Hebrew

Strongs #04982: yntm Matt@nay

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

4982 Mattnay mat-ten-ah'ee

from 4976; liberal; Mattenai, the name of three
Israelites:-Mattenai.
see HEBREW for 04976

Mattenai [NAVE]

MATTENAI
1. Two Israelites who put away their Gentile wives after the captivity, Ezra 10:33, 37.
2. A priest in the time of Joiakim, Neh. 12:19.

MATTENAI [SMITH]

(gift of Jehovah), a contraction of Mattaniah.

1. Two Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the return from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 10:33,37) (B.C. 469.)
2. A priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:19) (B.C. after 536.)

MATTENAI [ISBE]

MATTENAI - mat-e-na'-i, mat'-e-ni (mattenay, "liberal"):

(1) (2) Two who married foreign wives, one a son of Hashum (Ezr 10:33; in 1 Esdras 9:33 "Altanneus"); the other a son of Bani (Ezr 10:37).

(3) A priest in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua (Neh 12:19), representing the house of Joiarib.