MATTHANIAS
mat-tha-ni'-as (Codex Alexandrinus, Matthanias, Codex Vaticanus, Matan): (1) One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:27) = "Mattaniah" of Ezr 10:26. (2) the King James Version "Mathanias" (1 Esdras 9:31) = "Mattaniah" of Ezr 10:30. Codex Vaticanus, followed by Swete, reads Beskaspasmus. |