Hebrew word · H4993

מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ

matityahu

Mattithiah

Appears 8 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18;

son of: Jeduthun (H3038);

brother of: Obed-edom (H5654), Gedaliah (H1436I), Zeri (H6874), Jeshaiah (H3470H), Hashabiah (H2811I)

§ Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah"

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:31 וּמַתִּתְיָה֙ and Mattithiah

    A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:18 וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ֩ and Mattithiah

    and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:21 וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ and Mattithiah

    And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.

  4. 1 Chronicles 16:5 וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה and Mattithiah

    Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

  5. 1 Chronicles 25:3 וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ and Mattithiah

    From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

  6. 1 Chronicles 25:21 מַתִּתְיָ֔הוּ Mattithiah

    the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 10:43 מַתִּתְיָה֙ Mattithiah

    And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 8:4 מַתִּתְיָ֡ה Mattithiah

    Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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