Mattan - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4977 — schizo (“break”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4977 מַתּתָּן (Mattan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Mattan (mat-tawn') n/p. 1. Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite [the same as H4976] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include mattan. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Mattan (mat-tawn') n/p. 1. Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite [the same as H4976] KJV: Mattan. Root(s): H4976
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4977. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Mattan
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Mattan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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3 indexed usages in 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.
Then 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.
Then 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,
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4977.
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.
Then 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.
Then 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,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4977, grouped by book.
Mattan (Strong's H4977) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Mattan". Mattan (mat-tawn') n/p. 1. Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite [the same as H4976]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H4977 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4977 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mattan. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.