Mattan
מַתָּןStrong’s H4977mattan (mat-tan)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mattan is the Hebrew word usually translated “mattan”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.”
Meaning
- A priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah
- Father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah
- A priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah
- Father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah
How it's translated
- mattan 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 23:17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- Jeremiah 38:1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
Hebrew dictionary
מַתָּן mattan · Mattan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.11.18 § Mattan = "a gift" 1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah 2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah
מַתָּן mattan · Mattan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.38.1; father of: Shephatiah (H8203O) § Mattan = "a gift" 1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah 2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.