Nâthîyn — H5411

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. Nethinims
1. temple slaves assigned to the Levites and priests for service in the sanctuary

Usually translated as

Nethinims

Origin

or Nâthûwn (Ezra 8:17), (the proper form as passive participle), from H5414; one given, i.e. (in the plural only)

• Derived from Nâthan (H5414)

Greek equivalents

• dídōmi (G1325)

Occurrences

Nâthîyn occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (6), Nehemiah (8)

• 1 Chronicles 9:2 — Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims (וְהַנְּתִינִֽים).
• Ezra 2:43 — The Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִ֑ים): the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
• Ezra 2:58 — All the Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִ֔ים), and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
• Ezra 2:70 — So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims (וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים), dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
• Ezra 7:7 — And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims (וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים), unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
• Ezra 8:17 — And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִים֙), at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
• Ezra 8:20 — Also of the Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִ֗ים), whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
• Ezra 8:20 — Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims (נְתִינִ֖ים): all of them were expressed by name.
• Nehemiah 3:26 — Moreover the Nethinims (וְהַ֨נְּתִינִ֔ים) dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
• Nehemiah 3:31 — After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִ֖ים), and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
• Nehemiah 7:46 — The Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִ֑ים): the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
• Nehemiah 7:60 — All the Nethinims (הַ֨נְּתִינִ֔ים), and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
• Nehemiah 7:73 — So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims (וְהַנְּתִינִ֛ים), and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
• Nehemiah 10:28 — And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִ֗ים), and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
• Nehemiah 11:3 — Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims (וְהַנְּתִינִ֔ים), and the children of Solomon’s servants.
• Nehemiah 11:21 — But the Nethinims (וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים) dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
• Nehemiah 11:21 — But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims (הַנְּתִינִֽים).