What does נָתִין (nātiyn) mean in the Bible?
נָתִין (nātiyn): Temple servants given (devoted) to sanctuary service; non-Levitical assistants supporting priestly liturgical functions
Hebrew · H5411
נָתִין
The Nethinim , or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)
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נָתִין H5411
Pronunciation nātiyn
What does נָתִין (nātiyn) mean in the Bible?
נָתִין (nātiyn): Temple servants given (devoted) to sanctuary service; non-Levitical assistants supporting priestly liturgical functions
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5411?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include The temple servants (6), and temple servants (3), [them] (2), and the temple servants (2), temple servants (2).
Where does נָתִין (nātiyn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Chronicles 9:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Nehemiah (9), Ezra (6), 1 Chronicles (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It The temple servants 6× Ezra 2:43, Ezra 2:58, Ezra 8:20, Nehemiah 7:46
and temple servants 3× 1 Chronicles 9:2, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 7:73
[them] 2× Ezra 8:20, Nehemiah 11:21
and the temple servants 2× Ezra 2:70, Nehemiah 3:26
temple servants 2× Nehemiah 10:28, Nehemiah 11:3
of the temple servants 1× Nehemiah 3:31
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1 Chronicles 9:2 וְהַנְּתִינִֽים׃ to and temple servants Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Ezra 2:43 הַנְּתִינִ֑ים to The temple servants Article | Noun - masculine plural Ezra 2:58 הַנְּתִינִ֔ים to The temple servants Article | Noun - masculine plural Ezra 2:70 וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים to and the temple servants Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Ezra 7:7 וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים to and temple servants Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Ezra 8:20 הַנְּתִינִ֗ים to the temple servants Article | Noun - masculine plural Ezra 8:20 נְתִינִ֖ים to [them] Noun - masculine plural Nehemiah 3:26 וְהַ֨נְּתִינִ֔ים to and the temple servants Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Nehemiah 3:31 הַנְּתִינִ֖ים to of the temple servants Article | Noun - masculine plural Nehemiah 7:46 הַנְּתִינִ֑ים to The temple servants Article | Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Chronicles 9:2
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 3
1 Chronicles 1 Ezra 6 Nehemiah 9
Source forms
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים 3x wə·han·nə·ṯî·nîm Ezra 2:70, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 11:21
הַנְּתִינִ֑ים 2x han·nə·ṯî·nîm Ezra 2:43, Nehemiah 7:46
הַנְּתִינִ֗ים 2x han·nə·ṯî·nîm Ezra 8:20, Nehemiah 10:28
הַנְּתִינִ֔ים 1x han·nə·ṯî·nîm Ezra 2:58
הַנְּתִינִ֖ים 1x han·nə·ṯî·nîm Nehemiah 3:31
הַ֨נְּתִינִ֔ים 1x han·nə·ṯî·nîm Nehemiah 7:60
הַנְּתִינִֽים׃פ 1x han·nə·ṯî·nîm Nehemiah 11:21
וְהַ֨נְּתִינִ֔ים 1x wə·han·nə·ṯî·nîm Nehemiah 3:26
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine plural 8x Ezra 2:43, Ezra 2:58, Ezra 8:20, Nehemiah 3:31
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural 7x 1 Chronicles 9:2, Ezra 2:70, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 3:26
Noun - masculine plural 1x Ezra 8:20
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Temple servants given (devoted) to sanctuary service; non-Levitical assistants supporting priestly liturgical functions
Source Gloss
the Nethinim , or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Temple servants given (devoted) to sanctuary service; non-Levitical assistants supporting priestly liturgical functions
the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty) BDB: Nethinim Usage: Nethinims.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נָתִין is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain