מַתִּתְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or מַתִּתְיָהוּ; from H4991 (מַתָּת) and H3050 (יָהּ); gift of Jah;

KJV Usage

Mattithiah. n

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mattithyâh; Pronunciation: mat-tith-yaw'