What is the meaning of Mattathias?
In Biblical Names the meaning of the name Mattathias is: The gift of the Lord. Where is Mattathias in the Bible? Mattathias’s story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Hanukkah and, as a result, is named in the Al HaNissim prayer Jews…