Strong’s H4978 · Aramaic
מַתְּנָא
mattᵉnâʼ · mat-ten-aw'
Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to מַתָּנָה (H4979)
Meaning {a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe}
In the King James Version gift.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Daniel 2:6But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 2:48Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 5:17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.