Aramaic word · H5412

נְתִין

netinaiya'

temple servant

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

1) Nethinims

1a) temple slaves assigned to the Levites and priests for service in the sanctuary

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 7:24 נְתִ֣ינַיָּ֔א temple servants the

    And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.