Word Study · Strong's H4977 · Hebrew

מַתָּן

Mattan

mat-tawn'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Mattân

“Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite

Rendered in the KJV as

Mattan.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

מַתָּן֙2
מַתָּ֗ן1

How it is rendered · 1

Mattan3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)3

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNpm · 3

All 3, in canonical order

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Where this word lives

2 Kings1 of 3 · 33%
2 Chronicles1 of 3 · 33%
Jeremiah1 of 3 · 33%

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2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 11:18מַתָּן֙matanproper noun (a name)So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.here: Mattan

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 23:17מַתָּן֙matanproper noun (a name)So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.here: Mattan

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 38:1מַתָּ֗ןmatanproper noun (a name)Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:here: Mattan

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled מַתָּן

H4976 · 5×

מַתָּן

mattan

“a present”

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