נָתִיןNâthîyn

the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)

Pronunciation: naw-theen' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5411

Meanings

Nethinim, properly those given to the service of the sanctuary, as Levites are called נְתוּנִים (Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:16; Numbers 8:19; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 8:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:2 The first of the exiles to return to their property in their former towns were priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites.
  • Ezra 2:43 The descendants of the following Temple servants returned from exile: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
  • Ezra 2:58 In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
  • Ezra 2:70 So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.
  • Ezra 7:7 Some of the people of Israel, as well as some of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple servants, traveled up to Jerusalem with him in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes’ reign.
  • Ezra 8:17 I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).