Word

מַתְּנָא

mattᵉnâʼ · H4978 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

gift

Object given to someone else

Examples
Daniel 2:6 “But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”
Daniel 2:48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon, and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 5:17 Then Daniel replied and said before the king, “Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.

How it’s used In 4 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ךָyour 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 2 groups

רַבcaptain 1
שַׂגִּיאexceeding 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָוָאto be 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יְהַבdeliver 1
קְבַלreceive 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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In the other Testament 3 words

δῶρον dōron · G1435 · gift, present, offering box: Primary Greek equivalent for 'gift' in the LXX and NT, representing a present or offering given voluntarily.
δόμα dóma · G1390 · gift: Greek term for gift, often used for gifts given by God or gifts of honor.
δωρεά dōreá · G1431 · gift, present: Greek term emphasizing a free gift, often used for divine gifts or gracious bestowals.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Objects001: Daniel 2:6 has the king tell the Chaldeans, “if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָתַן nâthan · H5414 · to give, to grant a covenant · 2011×מַתָּנָה mattânâh · H4979 · gift, present · 17×נָתִין Nâthîyn · H5411 · temple servants, temple workers · 17×נְתַן nᵉthan · H5415 · bestow, give pay · 7×מַתָּת mattâth · H4991 · gift, what one wants to give · 6×מַתָּן mattân · H4976 · gift, present · 5×מַתְּנָאmattᵉnâʼ · H4978נְתִין Nᵉthîyn · H5412 · Nethinims · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4978. mattena [מַתְּנָא] noun feminine gift; — plural absolute מַתְּנָן Dan 2:6, Dan…

H4978. mattena
[מַתְּנָא] noun feminine gift; — plural absolute מַתְּנָן Dan 2:6, Dan 2:48; suffix מַתְּנָתָךְ Dan 5:17.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Objects3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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