MATTATTAH

mat'-a-ta (mattattah): the Revised Version (British and American) for "Mattathah" in the King James Version (Ezra 10:33). The same as "Mattathias" of 1 Esdras 9:33, the King James Version "Matthias" (which see).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.