Strong’s H4976 · Hebrew

מַתָּן
mattân
mat-tawn'

Definition

a present

Etymology

from H5414 (נָתַן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • gift
  • to give
  • reward

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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