Where does “Ματταθίας” come from?

Ματταθίας (Ancient Greek) comes from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Ματταθίας (Ancient Greek): Mattathias

Definitions

  1. Mattathias

Ancestry of “Ματταθίας”, step by step

Ματταθίας traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

via Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—

Words derived from “Ματταθίας”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →Every word from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ →