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מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ

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Mattithiah

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18; son of: Jeduthun (H3038); brother of: Obed-edom (H5654), Gedaliah (H1436I), Zeri (H6874), Jeshaiah (H3470H), Hashabiah (H2811I) § Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah" 1) a Levite who presided over the offerings 2) a Levite appointed by David to minister in the musical service before the ark 3) one of the family of Nebo who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 4) one of the men who stood at the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ, מַתִּתְיָה proper name, masculine (compare Gray^{Prop. N. 294, No. 81}); — ᵐ5 Ματταθιας, etc; —

1. a Levitical musician, מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ 1Chr 15:18; 1Chr 15:21; 1Chr 25:3; 1Chr 25:21 = מַתִּתְיָה 1Chr 16:5.

2. מַתִּתְיָה, Levitical name 1Chr 9:31.

3. ׳מ, attendant of Ezra (also Levite ?) Neh 8:4.

4. one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:43.

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