Mattathias
Mattathias
măt˝əthī´əs [key][Gr. variant ofMattithiah].
1,
2 Two in Luke's genealogy.
3 Father of theMaccabees.
4 Captain under Jonathan, the Maccabee.
5 Son of Simon, the Maccabee, murdered with his father.
6 Envoy from Nicanor to Judas Maccabeus.
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