Meaning of Mattathias | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a male given name from Hebrew — famously held by:
   Judaism, declension-1
2. Mattathias (Jewish priest feat. in 1 Macc., instigator of the Maccabean Revolt and progenitor of the Hasmoneans)
   Judaism, declension-1
3. Mattathias (son of Amos and father of Joseph, 6×great-grandfather of Jesus)
   declension-1
4. Mattathias (son of Semei and father of Mahath, 12×great-grandfather of Jesus)
   declension-1

Examples

“In diebus illis ſurrexit Mathathias filius Ioannis, filij Simeonis, ſacerdos ex filijs Ioarib ab Ieruſalem, & conſedit in monte Modin: & habebat filios quinque, Ioannem, qui cognominabatur Gaddis: & Simeonem, qui cognominabatur Thaſi: & Iudã, qui vocabatur Machabæus: & Eleazarum, qui cognominabatur Abaron: & Ionathan, qui cognominabatur Apphus. In thoſe dayes aroſe Mathathias the ſonne of Iohn, the ſonne of Simeon, prieſt of the ſonnes of Ioarib from Ieruſalem, and he ſate in the mountayne of Modin: and he had fiue ſonnes, Iohn who was ſurnamed Gaddis: and Simon, who was ſurnamed Thaſi: and Iudas, who was called Machabeus: and Eleazar, who was ſurnamed Abaron: and Ionathan, who was ſurnamed Apphus. ― translation from: The ſecond tome of the Holie Bible faithfully tranſlated into Engliſh, out of the authentical Latin (1610), The Firſt Booke of Macabees ii:1–5 (page 896)”

“qui fuit Mathathiæ, qui fuit Amos, qui fuit Nahum, qui fuit Heſli, qui fuit Nagge, vvho vvas of Matthathias, vvho vvas of Amos, vvho vvas of Naum, vvho vvas of Heſli, vvho vvas of Naggé, ― translation from: The Nevv Teſtament of Ieſus Chriſt, tranſlated faithfully into Engliſh, out of the authentical Latin (1582), The Holy Goſpel of Ieſus Chriſt according to Luke iii:25 (page 144)”

“qui fuit Mahath, qui fuit Mathathiæ, qui fuit Semei, qui fuit Ioſeph, qui fuit Iuda, vvho vvas of Mahath, vvho vvas of Matthathias, vvho vvas of Semei, vvho vvas of Ioſeph, vvho vvas of Iuda, ― translation from: The Nevv Teſtament of Ieſus Chriſt, tranſlated faithfully into Engliſh, out of the authentical Latin (1582), The Holy Goſpel of Ieſus Chriſt according to Luke iii:26 (page 144)”

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