מַתָּן
matan · gift
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4976 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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matan (מַתָּן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gift”.
How to say it
ma·tan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is given to another without payment.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gift ×4
- gifts ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 34:12
Increase very much the bride-price and the gift you require of me, and I will give just as you say to me; only give me the young woman as a wife.”
- Numbers 18:11
And this is yours: the contribution of their gift, of all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a perpetual due. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
- Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and before the great it leads him.
- Proverbs 19:6
Many implore the face of a noble, and everyone is a friend to a man of gifts.
- Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.