2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mattan 
  gift.  (1.)  A  priest  of  Baal,  slain  before  his  altar  during  the 
  reformation  under  Jehoiada  (2  Kings  11:18). 
 
  (2.)  The  son  of  Eleazar,  and  father  of  Jacob,  who  was  the 
  father  of  Joseph,  the  husband  of  the  Virgin  Mary  (Matt.  1:15). 
 
  (3.)  The  father  of  Shephatiah  (Jer.  38:1). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mattan,  Mattana,  Mattenai  gifts;  rains 
 

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