King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5411
Transliteration: nethinim
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-theen')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: temple servants
Meaning: the Nethinim, Temple-servants
Word Summary
nethinim: temple servants
Original Word: נָתִיןTransliteration: nethinim
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-theen')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: temple servants
Meaning: the Nethinim, Temple-servants
Strong's Concordance
Nethinims Or Nathuwn (Ezra 8:17) {naw-thoon'} (the proper form as passive participle), from nathan; one given, i.e. (in the plural only) the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty) -- Nethinims.
see HEBREW nathan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5411. nethinim
נְתִינִים noun masculine plural Nethinim (properly those given to the service of the sanctuary, as Levites are called נְתוּנִים Numbers 3:9; 8:16, 19); — only 1 Chronicles 9:2 (where distinguished from priests and Levites) + 16 t. Ezra Nehemiah (often distinguished from priests, Levites and porters; Ezra 8:17 Kt has הנתונים, Qr הַנְּתִינִים), namely: 2:43, 58, 70 = Nehemiah 7:46; 7:60; 7:72 (so Baer, Ginsb; van d. H. 7:73), Ezra 7:7; 8:17, 20 (appointment ascribed to David, compare 1 Chronicles 9:2), 9:20; Nehemiah 10:29; 11:3; living on the Ophel 3:26; 11:21; with their own overseers 11:21, having a house known (in part) by their name 3:31. — On ׳נ see further BauPriesterthum 100, 142 f.