Mattenai

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mattena'i. (Gift Of Jehovah). A contraction of Mattaniah.

1. Two Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the return from the Babylonish captivity.  Ezra 10:33;  Ezra 10:37. (B.C. 469).

2. A priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim.  Nehemiah 12:19. (B.C. after 536).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Mattenai 1. 2 . Two of those who had married foreign wives,   Ezra 10:33 (called in 1Es 9:33 Maltanneus ), 1Es 9:37 (combined in 1Es 9:34 with the preceding Mattaniah into Mamnitanemus ). 3. Representative of the priestly house of Joiarib in the days of Joiakim (  Nehemiah 12:19 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Ezra 10:33.

2.  Ezra 10:37.

3.  Nehemiah 12:19.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1,2. Two who had married strange wives.  Ezra 10:33,37 .

3. Priest of the family of Joiarib.   Nehemiah 12:19 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 12:19 2.-3 Ezra 10:33 10:37

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Mattenay', מִתְּנִי , prob. contracted for Mattaniah; Sept. Μαθθαναϊ v, Ματθαναϊ v, the name of three men after the exile.

1. An Israelite of the "sons" (citizens) of Hashun, who divorced his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon ( Ezra 10:33). B.C. 459.

2. Another Israelite of the "sons" (or inhabitants) of Bani, who did the same ( Ezra 10:37). B.C. 459.

3. A priest, "son" (descendant or representative) of Joiarib, among those last registered in the Old Test. ( Nehemiah 12:19). B.C. post 536.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mat - ḗ - nā´ı̄ , mat´ḗ - nı̄ ( מתּני , mattenay , "liberal"):

(1) (2) Two who married foreign wives, one a son of Hashum ( Ezra 10:33; in 1 Esdras 9:33 "Altanneus"); the other a son of Bani ( Ezra 10:37 ).

(3) A priest in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua ( Nehemiah 12:19 ), representing the house of Joiarib.