Ματταθίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mat.taˈθi.as/ → /ma.taˈθi.as/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mat.taˈtʰi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mat.taˈθi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mat.taˈθi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.taˈθi.as/

Proper noun

Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς • (Mattathíās) m (genitive Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ου); first declension

1. (biblical, Judaism, Christianity) a male given name from Hebrew, Mattathias

Declension

First declension of ὁ Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς ho Mattathíās
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ου toû Mattathíou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾳ tôi Mattathíāi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱν tòn Mattathíān
Vocative	Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱ Mattathíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μαθθαῖος (Maththaîos)
• Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Ματταθίας (Mattathías)
• Latin: Mattathiās
  • English: Mattathias
  • Polish: Matatiasz

Further reading

• G3161 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible