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(may trehd) Personal name possibly meaning, “spear.” The Hebrew text understands Matred to be the mother of Mehetabel (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50 ). The earliest Greek and standard Latin translations take Matred to be Mehetabel's father.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Matred'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/m/matred.html. 1991.

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