# H4993 מַתִּתְיָה

מַתִּתְיָה (Mattithyâh), Strong’s H4993: Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites KJV: Mattithiah. n. Occurs 8 times.

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*Mattithyâh* — Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Mattithiah. n

Built from [מַתָּת mattâth](https://besorah.bible/word/H4991) (a present) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “gift of Jah”

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ, מַתִּתְיָה n.pr.m.
- 1 a Levitical musician
- 2 Levitical name
- 3 attendant of Ezra
- 4 one of those who took strange wives

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 10:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=43) — Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah.
- [Nehemiah 8:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/8?v=4) — Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema…
- [1 Chronicles 9:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/9?v=31) — Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things…
- [1 Chronicles 15:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=18) — and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah…
- [1 Chronicles 15:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=21) — and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to…
- [1 Chronicles 16:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/16?v=5) — Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom…
- [1 Chronicles 25:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/25?v=3) — Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of…
- [1 Chronicles 25:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/25?v=21) — for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;