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Temple servant

נְתִינִיםStrong’s H5411

natin (na-tin)

Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Natin is the Hebrew word usually translated “temple servants”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

“Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.”
1 Chronicles 9:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Nethinimstemple slaves assigned to the Levites and priests for service in the sanctuary
How it's translated
  • the temple servants 9
  • and the temple servants 7
  • temple servants 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Nehemiah 8
  • Ezra 6
  • 1 Chronicles 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נְתִינִים natin · temple servant

1) Nethinims 1a) temple slaves assigned to the Levites and priests for service in the sanctuary Aramaic equivalent: ne.tin (נְתִין "temple servant" H5412)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.