Matthanias (ISBE)

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mat - tha - nı̄´as (Codex Alexandrinus, Ματθανίας , Matthanı́as , Codex Vaticanus, Ματάν , Matán ): (1) One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:27) = "Mattaniah" of Ezra 10:26 . (2) the King James Version "Mathanias" (1 Esdras 9:31) = "Mattaniah" of Ezra 10:30 . Codex Vaticanus, followed by Swete, reads Βεσκασπας,ύς , Beskaspasmús .