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מַטְמוֹן

matmon · hidden treasure

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4301 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

matmon (מַטְמוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hidden treasure”.

Treasure stored away.

How to say it

mat·mon

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

  1. Buried wealth that people seek.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • hidden treasures ×3
  • hidden riches ×1
  • treasure ×1

Where it appears

  • Genesis 43:23

    He said, “Peace to you; do not be afraid. Your Elohim and the Elohim of your father has given you treasure in your bags; your silver came to me.” Then he brought out Simeon to them.

  • Job 3:21

    to those who wait for death and it is not there, and who dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

  • Proverbs 2:4

    if you seek her like silver, and search for her like hidden treasures,

  • Isaiah 45:3

    and I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places, so that you may know that I am YHWH, who calls you by your name, the Elohim of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 41:8

    But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have hidden treasures in the field, wheat and barley and oil and honey.” So he refrained, and did not put them to death among their brothers.