Definition

a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe

Etymology

feminine of H4976 (מַתָּן);

Word family

• מַתָּן mattân

How the KJV renders it

• gift

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.