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H4993

מַתִּתְיָה

Mattithyâh · mat-tith-yaw'

Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

Lexicon

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

Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Mattithiah. n

Letters

מ
Mem
ת
Tav
ת
Tav
י
Yod
ה
He
  1. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  2. תTav400

    Picture: a crossed mark

    Concrete
    mark · sign · cross · signature
    Extended
    a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
  3. תTav400

    Picture: a crossed mark

    Concrete
    mark · sign · cross · signature
    Extended
    a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
  4. יYod10

    Picture: arm and closed hand

    Concrete
    hand · arm · work
    Extended
    a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
  5. 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 mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works › to reveal, behold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַתִּתְיָה 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

8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • and mattithiah5 · 63%
  • mattithiah2 · 25%
  • to mattithiah1 · 13%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה1מַתִּתְיָה֙1וּמַתִּתְיָה֙1מַתִּתְיָ֔הוּ1וּמַתִּתְיָ֜הוּ1וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ֩1מַתִּתְיָ֡ה1וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance