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Matthat

4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

The verses

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references

Gift of God. (1.) The son of Levi, and father of Heli (Luke 3:24).

(2.) Son of another Levi (Luke 3:29).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
(gift of God), a form of the name Matthan.
  1. son of Levi, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:20) (B.C. after 623.)
  2. Grandfather of the Virgin Mary. (Luke 3:21)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references

mat'-that (Matthat, Maththat): The name of two ancestors of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Lu 3:24,29), one being the grandfather of Joseph, the husband of Mary.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 2 references, grouped by sub-topic
  • 1. Father of Heli, and ancestor of Joseph Lu 3:24
  • 2. Father of Jorim, and ancestor of Joseph Lu 3:29

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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