מַתַּנְיָה
Mattanyâh · mat-tan-yaw'
Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַתַּנְיָהוּ; from H4976 (מַתָּן) and H3050 (יָהּ); gift of Jah;
Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mattaniah.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַתַּנְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mattaniah6 · 38%
- and mattaniah4 · 25%
- of mattaniah4 · 25%
- made mattaniah1 · 6%
- to mattaniah1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.