Strong's H4982 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: מַתְּנַי (Mattᵉnay)

Pronunciation: mat-ten-ah'ee

POS: mat-ten-ah'ee Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: from ; liberal;

Definition: from מַתָּן; liberal; Mattenai, the name of three Israelites; Mattenai.

KJV Usage: Mattenai.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah"
• 2. 1) a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim
• 3. 2) an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 4. 3) another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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