{
  "id": "dict_003416",
  "term": "Maath",
  "slug": "maath",
  "letter": "M",
  "entry_type": "biblical_proper_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Maath is a personal name in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Luke 3:26.",
  "simple_one_line": "Maath is a biblical name that appears in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus.",
  "tooltip_text": "A proper name in Luke 3:26; not a theological concept.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Genealogy of Jesus",
    "Luke",
    "Luke 3",
    "Mattathias",
    "Davidic Covenant"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Genealogy",
    "Ancestors",
    "Luke 3:23-38",
    "Proper Names in Scripture"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Maath is a biblical personal name that appears in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus. Scripture records the name as part of the ancestral line but gives no further narrative detail about the person.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Maath is a proper name in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:26, with no separate doctrinal teaching attached to it.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Appears in Luke 3:26",
    "Part of Jesus’ recorded genealogy",
    "No additional biographical or theological detail is given",
    "Best classified as a biblical proper name, not a theological term"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Maath is a person named in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:26). The entry is best understood as a biblical proper name within a historical genealogy rather than as a theological concept.",
  "description_academic_full": "Maath is a biblical personal name that appears in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Luke 3:26. Scripture gives no developed narrative, office, or doctrinal teaching about this individual beyond the place of the name in the genealogical line. For that reason, the term should be treated as a biblical proper name rather than as an independent theological category. Its significance lies in Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ real historical ancestry and the continuity of God’s redemptive work through ordinary generations.",
  "background_biblical_context": "In Luke 3, the genealogy of Jesus traces his lineage through a long list of ancestral names. Maath is one of those names and serves the literary and historical purpose of locating Jesus within an actual human family line.",
  "background_historical_context": "Outside Luke 3:26, Scripture does not supply biographical information about Maath. Historically, the name is known only from this genealogical record.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Genealogies were important in Jewish life for recording descent, identity, and covenant continuity. Luke’s genealogy uses that pattern to present Jesus as part of a real historical lineage.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Luke 3:26"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Luke 3:23-38"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "Greek Μαάθ (Maath), a transliterated proper name. The meaning and wider background of the name are not certain from Scripture alone.",
  "theological_significance": "Maath has no standalone doctrinal significance, but it contributes to Luke’s witness that Jesus entered real human history and belongs to a traceable human ancestry.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "The entry highlights the importance of historical particularity: biblical faith is rooted not in abstract ideas alone, but in God’s work through real people, names, and generations.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not speculate about Maath’s life, character, or meaning beyond what Scripture states. The text gives the name, not a biography.",
  "major_views_note": "There is no major interpretive debate about Maath as an individual; discussion focuses instead on the structure and purpose of Luke’s genealogy as a whole.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "No doctrine should be built on Maath alone. The entry is descriptive and historical, not a basis for theological construction.",
  "practical_significance": "Maath reminds readers that Scripture often preserves unnamed or little-known people as part of God’s larger redemptive story, encouraging confidence in God’s work across generations.",
  "meta_description": "Maath is a biblical proper name appearing in Luke 3:26, within the genealogy of Jesus.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/maath/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/maath.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}