noun · masculine
mattathios
GreekΜατταθίας (mattathias)
Strong’sG3161
Mattathias
stem mattathi-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ματταθίας, -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3161 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmat-tath-ee'-as
Mattathias (i.e. Mattithjah), an Israelite and a Christian
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesMattathias.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mattathios | mattathiois |
| object accusative | mattathion | mattathioin |
| direct address vocative | mattathior | mattathioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mattathiou2×Ματταθίου | mattathioiu |
| to, for dative | mattathio | mattathioi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mattathio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
mattathiou“Mattathias”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 3:25“Mattathias”tou Mattathiou tou Amōs tou Naoum tou Hesli tou Nangaithe son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
Luke 3:26“Mattathias”tou Maath tou Mattathiou tou Semein tou Iōsēch tou Iōdathe son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,