Matthanias
gift, or hope, of the Lord ( --> same as Mattaniah)
MATTHANIAS [isbe]
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.
