# Matan (given name)

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**Matan** or **Mattan** (original [Biblical translation](/source/Bible_translations_into_English): **Mattan**, [modern Israeli](/source/Modern_Hebrew) translation: **Matan**, Hebrew: מַתָּן, Latin: ***Matthan***) is a [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew) name, mostly for males in [Israel](/source/Israel). It comes from the word 'gift' and literally means "giving". It is part of the title of the [Jewish holiday](/source/Jewish_holiday) of [Shavuot](/source/Shavuot) that is also known as "Z'man Mattan Torah" meaning "[the] time [of the] giving [of the] [Torah](/source/Torah)."

A biblical reference for a [Mattan](/source/List_of_minor_biblical_figures,_L-Z#Mattan) as a given name is the story told in [Books of Kings](/source/Books_of_Kings) about the [Baal](/source/Baal) [priest](/source/Priest) Mattan, killed by the people of the [Kingdom of Judah](/source/Kingdom_of_Judah) during a revolution.

In the [Gospel of Matthew](/source/Gospel_of_Matthew), [Matthan](/source/Matthan) is the paternal grandfather of [Joseph](/source/Saint_Joseph), father of [Jesus](/source/Jesus).

King [Zedekiah](/source/Zedekiah)'s birth name was originally Mattanyahu.

## People

- [Matan Balestra](/source/Matan_Balestra) (born 1992), Israeli footballer currently playing for Sektzia Nes Tziona on loan from Maccabi Netanya
- [Matan Baltaxa](/source/Matan_Baltaxa) (born 1995), Israeli footballer currently playing for Hapoel Acre
- [Matan Barashi](/source/Matan_Barashi) (born 1988), Israeli footballer currently playing for Ironi Beit Shemesh
- [Matan Cohen](/source/Matan_Cohen) (born 1982), Israeli musician
- [Matan Even](/source/Matan_Even) (born 2007), American comedian and activist
- [Matan Hodorov](/source/Matan_Hodorov) (born 1985), Israeli television commentator
- [Matan Hozez](/source/Matan_Hozez) (born 1996), Israeli footballer currently playing for Bnei Yehuda
- [Matan Kahana](/source/Matan_Kahana) (born 1972), Israeli politician
- [Matan Naor](/source/Matan_Naor) (born 1980), Israeli basketball player
- [Matan Ohayon](/source/Matan_Ohayon) (born 1986), Israeli footballer currently playing for Israeli club Hapoel Be'er Sheva
- [Matan Porat](/source/Matan_Porat) (born 1982), Israeli pianist and composer
- [Matan Roditi](/source/Matan_Roditi) (born 1998), Israeli Olympic marathon swimmer
- [Matan Vilnai](/source/Matan_Vilnai) (born 1944), Israeli politician and military officer
- [Matan Zohar](/source/Matan_Zohar) (born 1990), British musician
- [Nur Matan Abdi](/source/Nur_Matan_Abdi), Somali politician and military commander
- [Matan Peretz](/source/Matan_Peretz) (born 1988), Israeli social media personality

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