# מַתָּנָה (matanah)

Israeli respelling: ma-ta-nah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4979. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: gift.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matanah-h4979

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 25:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/6) — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, east…
- [Exodus 28:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/38) — And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in al…
- [Leviticus 23:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/23/38) — Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unt…
- [Numbers 18:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/18/6) — And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to d…
- [Numbers 18:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/18/7) — Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve:…
- [Numbers 18:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/18/29) — Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
- [Deuteronomy 16:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/16/17) — Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
- [2 Chronicles 21:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/3) — And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he…
- [Esther 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/22) — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into…
- [Psalms 68:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/18) — Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD…
- [Proverbs 15:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/27) — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- [Ecclesiastes 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/7) — Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- [Ezekiel 20:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/20/26) — And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them deso…
- [Ezekiel 20:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/20/31) — For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this da…
- [Ezekiel 20:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/20/39) — As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unt…
- [Ezekiel 46:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/46/16) — Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their poss…
- [Ezekiel 46:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/46/17) — But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the…