MATTATHIAS

(Mat·ta·thiʹas) [Gr. form of Mattithiah, meaning gift of Jehovah].

1. The Greek name applied in the Septuagint to the Korahite Levite Mattithiah, Shallum’s firstborn.—1 Chron. 9:31; see MATTITHIAH No. 2.

2. Greek form used in the Septuagint for “Mattithiah,” one of the “sons of Jeduthun.”—1 Chron. 25:3; see MATTITHIAH No. 1.

3. A man of the tribe of Judah who is called “the son of Amos” in the maternal genealogy of Jesus.—Luke 3:23, 25.

4. Another man of Judah, called “the son of Semein,” who lived after the days of Zerubbabel and who is mentioned in Jesus’ genealogy recorded by Luke.—Luke 3:23, 26, 27.