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Mattan — the meaning of the Hebrew name מַתָּן

מַתָּן

Mattân · pronounced mat-tawn' · Strong's H4977 · a man

Mattan means Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite.

Built from

מַתָּן mattân (the same as, H4976) — a present open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H4976; Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite.

First appearance

2Kgs 11:18 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Mattan

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah

2Kgs 11:182Chr 23:17Jer 38:1

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