Given name
Tattenai
“teaching”·“gift”
Tattenai is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewתתני
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Tattenai means “teaching” or “gift.”
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Where it comes from
Tattenai is a biblical name from Persian.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tattenai appears in Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:6-17, Ezra 5:6 and 2 other passages.
- Ezra 5:3
- Ezra 5:6-17
- Ezra 5:6
- Ezra 6:6
- Ezra 6:13
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Tattenai’s family of names
See also 16
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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