netofati · Netophathite

What it means

netofati (נְטֹפָתִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Netophathite”.

A native of Netophah, a town near Bethlehem. Several of David's mighty men are called this.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone from Netophah, near Bethlehem.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Netophathite ×9
• Netophathites ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×6
• Nehemiah×1
• Jeremiah×1

• 2 Samuel 23:28

  Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;

• 2 Samuel 23:29

  Heleb son of Baanah the Netophathite; Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin;

• 2 Kings 25:23

  All the chiefs of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

• 1 Chronicles 2:54

  The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

• 1 Chronicles 9:16

  and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

• 1 Chronicles 11:30

  Maharai the Netophathite; Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite;

• 1 Chronicles 27:13

  The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:15

  The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• Nehemiah 12:28

  And the sons of the singers gathered both from the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathite,

• Jeremiah 40:8

  and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan, sons of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

And 1 more times.