Mattathias

Mattathias in Wikipedia

Mattathias (Hebrew: מתתיהו בןיחאנן הכהן‎, Matitiyahu or Matisyahu ben Yochanan HaCohen in Hebrew) was a Jewish priest whose role in the Jewish revolt against the Syrian Greeks is related in the Books of the Maccabees. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Chanukah and, as a result, is named in the Al Hanissim prayer Jews add to...

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Mattathias Scripture - Luke 3:25

Which was [the son] of Mattathias, which was [the son] of Amos, which was [the son] of Naum, which was [the son] of Esli, which was [the son] of Nagge,...

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Mattathias Scripture - Luke 3:26

Which was [the son] of Maath, which was [the son] of Mattathias, which was [the son] of Semei, which was [the son] of Joseph, which was [the son] of Juda,...

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Mattathias in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mat-a-thi'-as (Mattathias). The persons of this name in the Apocrypha are: (1) Mattathias the father of the Maccabees. See ASMONEANS; MACCABEES. (2) One of the 7 who stood on Ezra's right hand as he read the law (1 Esdras 9:43) = "Mattithiah" of Neh 8:4. (3) The son--probably the youngest (compare 1 Macc 16:2)--of Simon the Maccabean, treacherou...

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Mattathias in Naves Topical Bible

-An ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:25,26...

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Mattathias in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(gift of Jehovah), the Greek form of Mattathiah. 1. Son of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ. Lu 3:25 (B.C. after 406.) 2. Son of Semei. Lu 3:26 3. The father of the Maccabees. (B.C. 168 and previous.)...

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Mattathias in Easton's Bible Dictionary

ibid. (1.) The son of Amos, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25). (2.) The son of Semei, in the same genealogy (Luke 3:26)....

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Mattathias in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Luke 3:25. 2. Luke 3:26....

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