Word

מַתָּן

Mattân · H4977 · Hebrew · proper noun · 3 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 people

Mattanpriest of Baal2 verses
Mattanfather of Shephatiah1 verse

Meanings

Mattan

Man; priest of Baal; time of king Jehoash

Examples
2 Kings 11:18 And all the people of the land came to the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly smashed his altars and his images in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Then the priest appointed sentries over the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 23:17 And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Mattan

Man; father of Shephatiah, official, time of king Zedekiah

Examples
Jeremiah 38:1 Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

כֹּהֵןpriest 2

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָרַגto kill 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בֵּןson 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Objects001: This entry carries no independent "Objects" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of this lexeme (2 Kings 11:18, 2 Chronicles 23:17, Jeremiah 38:1) is the personal name Mattan, not a physical object. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense, illustrated at 2 Kings 11:18 ("they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars").
Names of People003001007: מַתָּן, "Mattan," names the priest of Baal killed before the altars when Athaliah's rule was overthrown (2 Kings 11:18, 2 Chronicles 23:17) and the father of Shephatiah, one of the officials who opposed Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4977. Mattan II. מַתָּן proper name, masculine 1. priest of Baal at Jerusalem 2Ki 11:18…

H4977. Mattan
II. מַתָּן proper name, masculine 1. priest of Baal at Jerusalem 2Ki 11:18 2Ch 23:17; ᵐ5 Μαγθαν, Ματθαν, ᵐ5L Ματθαν.
2 father of Shephatiah, in Judah Jer 38:1; ᵐ5 Ναθαν, Μαθθα.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0