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Matthan
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Matthan
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Matthan is a personal name placed in a begetting sequence between Eleazar and Jacob.
The attested use is a personal name within a genealogy: Matthew 1:15 places the accusative singular masculine forms in successive statements of begetting, after Eleazar and before Jacob.
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Personal name in a genealogy · dominant
In Matthew 1:15, the accusative singular masculine forms occur in the clauses naming Eleazar as begetting Matthan and Matthan as begetting Jacob. The APB renders the sequence, “Eleazar then begot Matthan. Matthan then begot Jacob.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 1:15, the APB presents the name twice in a begetting sequence: “Eleazar then begot Matthan. Matthan then begot Jacob.” The verse is read as a whole.