Lectionary Calendar
Monday, July 7th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4982 - מַתְּנַי
Transliteration
Mattᵉnay
Phonetics
mat-ten-ah'ee
Origin
from (H4976)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah"
- a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim
- an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
- another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
BSB (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
CSB (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
ESV (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
KJV (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
LEB (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
LSB (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
N95 (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
NAS (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (3)
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מַתְּנַי proper name, masculine (abbreviated from foregoing); — ᵐ5 Μαθ(θ)ανια, Μαθθαναι; —
1 a priest Nehemiah 12:19.
2 name of two who took strange wives:
a. Ezra 10:33.
b. Ezra 10:37.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מַתְּנַי (shortened from מַתַּנְיָה), [Mattenai], pr.n. m.
(1) Nehemiah 12:19.
(2) Ezra 10:33.
(3) Ezra 10:37.
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List of Word Forms
מַתְּנַ֔י מַתְּנַ֖י מַתְּנַ֤י מתני mat·tə·nay matteNai mattənay