Mattanah — the meaning of the Hebrew name מַתָּנָה

מַתָּנָה

Mattânâh · pronounced mat-taw-naw' · Strong's H4980 · a place

Mattanah means Mattanah, a place in the Desert.

Built from

מַתָּנָה mattânâh (the same as, H4979) — a present open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H4979; Mattanah, a place in the Desert.

First appearance

Num 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: (KJV)

Every verse that names Mattanah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Numbers

Num 21:18Num 21:19

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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