Matthan Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
This is one of the ancestors of Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
son of Eleazar in the lineage of the Messiah (MAT 1:15)
Lineage: God › Adam › Seth › Enos › Cainan › Mahalaleel › Jared › Enoch › Methuselah › Lamech › Noah › Shem › Arphaxad › Cainan › Salah › Eber › Peleg › Reu › Serug › Nahor › Terah › Abraham › Isaac › Jacob › Judah › Pharez › Hezron › Ram › Amminadab › Nahshon › Salmon › Boaz › Obed › Jesse › David › Solomon › Rehoboam › Abijah › Asa › Jehoshaphat › Jehoram › Ahaziah › Joash › Amaziah › Uzziah › Jotham › Ahaz › Hezekiah › Manasseh › Amon › Josiah › Jehoiakim › Jehoiachin › Pedaiah › Zerubbabel › Abiud › Eliakim › Azor › Sadoc › Achim › Eliud › Eleazar › Matthan
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· Also called · H4977 G3157 · MAT 1:15 gift
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Conditional birth estimate
Conditional birth bounds under generation assumptions; not attested parental ages, biological limits or a lifespan.
The anchors give incompatible conditional intervals. This calculation establishes no birth year.
Below are relatives with a selected birth year, the generations separating them, and the interval allowed by each anchor. Each relative’s page shows available dates and sources. The overall estimate uses the intersection of the allowed intervals.
| Relative / anchor year | Generations | Conditional interval |
|---|---|---|
| Jehoiachin · 617 BC Ancestor |
10 20–45 years per generation |
c. 417 BC – 167 BC |
| Jehoiakim · 635 BC Ancestor |
11 20–45 years per generation |
c. 415 BC – 140 BC |
| Josiah · 649 BC Ancestor |
12 20–45 years per generation |
c. 409 BC – 109 BC |
| Hezekiah · 742 BC Ancestor |
15 20–45 years per generation |
c. 442 BC – 67 BC |
| Amaziah · 826 BC Ancestor |
19 20–45 years per generation |
c. 446 BC – AD 30 |
| Joash · 845 BC Ancestor |
20 20–45 years per generation |
c. 445 BC – AD 56 |
| Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Ancestor |
23 20–45 years per generation |
c. 489 BC – AD 87 |
| Solomon · 1036 BC Ancestor |
27 20–45 years per generation |
c. 496 BC – AD 180 |
| David · 1086 BC Ancestor |
28 20–45 years per generation |
c. 526 BC – AD 175 |
| Absalom · 1051 BC Ancestor |
28 20–45 years per generation |
c. 491 BC – AD 210 |
| Ruth · 1116 BC Ancestor |
31 20–45 years per generation |
c. 496 BC – AD 280 |
| Pharez · 1722 BC Ancestor |
37 20–45 years per generation |
c. 982 BC – 57 BC |
| Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor |
39 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1055 BC – 80 BC |
| Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor |
40 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1095 BC – 95 BC |
| Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor |
40 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1076 BC – 76 BC |
| Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor |
41 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1175 BC – 150 BC |
| Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor |
41 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1165 BC – 140 BC |
| Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor |
42 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1075 BC – AD 3336 |
| Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor |
43 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1081 BC – AD 3435 |
| Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor |
43 25–130 years per generation |
c. 981 BC – AD 3535 |
| Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor |
44 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1086 BC – AD 3535 |
| Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor |
45 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1093 BC – AD 3633 |
| Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor |
46 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1098 BC – AD 3733 |
| Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor |
47 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1107 BC – AD 3829 |
| Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor |
48 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1112 BC – AD 3929 |
| Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor |
50 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1097 BC – AD 4154 |
| Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor |
51 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1172 BC – AD 4184 |
| Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor |
52 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1648 BC – AD 3813 |
| Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor |
53 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1805 BC – AD 3761 |
| Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor |
54 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1967 BC – AD 3704 |
| Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor |
55 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2007 BC – AD 3769 |
| Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor |
56 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2144 BC – AD 3737 |
| Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor |
57 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2184 BC – AD 3802 |
| Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2229 BC – AD 3862 |
| Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2554 BC – AD 3537 |
| Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2294 BC – AD 3902 |
| Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2529 BC – AD 3667 |
| Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2530 BC – AD 3666 |
| Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2374 BC – AD 3927 |
| Jesus Christ · 5 BC Descendant |
3 20–45 years per generation |
c. 140 BC – 65 BC |
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Matthan Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Matthan is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. He was the son of Eleazar and an ancestor or father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus (Mat 1:15). His son and a few generations after him are anonymous placeholders unnamed missing individuals that are necessray to increase the number of generations in Jesus' genealogy as recorded in Matthew to become the same as the number of generations in Luke. Matthew is known to deliberately miss out some individuals (kings Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah) so it is likely he also missed out others, in order to create three sets of 14 generations (Mat 1:17).
Mattan 2 Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).
Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Matthan_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Matthan@Mat.1.15) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, matthan_1968)