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Mattatha meaning

Mattatha in Biblical Greek
Ματταθα
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🔼The name Mattatha: Summary

Meaning
Gift Of Yah
Etymology
From (1) the verb נתן (natan), to give, and (2) יה (yah), the shortened name of the Lord.
Related names
• Via נתן (natan): Elnathan, Jonathan, Mattan, Mattanah, Mattaniah, Mattathias, Mattattah, Mattenai, Matthan, Matthat, Matthew, Matthias, Mattithiah, Nathan, Nathanael, Nathan-melech, Nethanel, Nethaniah, Nethinim, Tattenai
• Via יה (yah): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of yah-names.

🔼The name Mattatha in the Bible

The name Mattatha occurs only once in the Bible. He is a son of Nathan, son of king David, and the evangelist Luke traces the genealogy of Jesus through this man (Luke 3:31; whereas Matthew goes through Solomon — Matthew 1:6).

🔼Etymology of the name Mattatha

The name Mattatha (Ματταθα) is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name מתתה (Mattattah), which comes from the Hebrew verb נתן (natan) meaning to give:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
נתן

The shape-shifting verb נתן (natan) means to give in a broad bouquet of senses, from regular giving or bestowing, to setting or putting, to transforming one thing or situation into another.

This verb's three nouns מתן (mattan), מתנה (mattana) and מתת (mattat) all mean gift, again broadly ranging from a regular present to an offering to an innate talent (being "gifted").

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The final letter ה (he) is not part of the verb, but scholars assume that the name Mattattah is a contraction of the name מתתיה (Mattithiah), and that means that the final he is a remnant of יה (Yah), which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHWH, or Yahweh.

🔼Mattatha meaning

The name Mattatha means Gift Of The Lord, or more properly: Gift Of Yah.