ΜΑΤΤΑΘΙΑ, ματταθια
MATTATHIA, mattathia
Sounds Like: mat-tah-THEE-ah
Translations: Mattathias, Matthew
From the root: ΜΑΤΤΑΘΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, a male personal name of Hebrew origin. It means 'gift of Yahweh' or 'gift of God'. It is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattityahu. It is used to refer to several individuals in the Bible, including an ancestor of Jesus and a leader in the Maccabean revolt.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative (variant spelling)
Strong’s number: G3161 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:275
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 2:17
From the same root
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