Ancestor of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Matthan
Named in 1 verse of Matthew, first in Matthew 1:15.
ΜατθάνMatthan
The name means “same as Mattan.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Matthan Written by AI
Matthan is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. He was the son of Eleazar and an ancestor or father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus (Matthew 1:15). His son and a few generations after him are anonymous placeholders unnamed missing individuals that are necessray to increase the number of generations in Jesus' genealogy as recorded in Matthew to become the same as the number of generations in Luke. Matthew is known to deliberately miss out some individuals (kings Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah) so it is likely he also missed out others, in order to create three sets of 14 generations (Matthew 1:17).
Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.
Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
Gift, one of our Lord’s ancestry (Matt. 1:15).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- Matthew 1:15
Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.