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Strong's #4977: Mattan (pronounced mat-tawn')

the same as 4976; Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite:--Mattan.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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mattân

Mattan = "a gift"

1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah

2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: the same as H4976



Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

2 Kings 11:18: "thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars."
2 Chronicles 23:17: "and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars."
Jeremiah 38:1: "Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son"









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