# H4983 מַתַּנְיָה

מַתַּנְיָה (Mattanyâh), Strong’s H4983: Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites KJV: Mattaniah.. Occurs 16 times.

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*Mattanyâh* — Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

KJV: Mattaniah.

Built from [מַתָּן mattân](https://besorah.bible/word/H4976) (a present) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “gift of Jah”

Occurs 16 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, מַתַּנְיָה n.pr.m.
- 1 last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah
- 2 Levite name
- 3 Levite name
- 4 name of several who took strange wives

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 24:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/24?v=17) — The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- [Ezra 10:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=26) — Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
- [Ezra 10:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=27) — Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
- [Ezra 10:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=30) — Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
- [Ezra 10:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=37) — Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
- [Nehemiah 11:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=17) — and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in…
- [Nehemiah 11:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=22) — The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the…
- [Nehemiah 12:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=8) — Moreover the Levites were Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving…
- [Nehemiah 12:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=25) — Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of…
- [Nehemiah 12:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=35) — and some of the priests’ sons with shofars: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah…