נָתִין
Nâthîyn · naw-theen'
the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָתוּן (Ezra 8:17), (the proper form as passive participle), from H5414 (נָתַן); one given, i.e. (in the plural only)
the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nethinims.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָתִין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the nethinims5 · 28%
- the nethinims5 · 28%
- all the nethinims2 · 11%
- also of the nethinims1 · 6%
- nethinims1 · 6%
- moreover the nethinims1 · 6%
- of the nethinims1 · 6%
- but the nethinims1 · 6%
- were over the nethinims1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.