Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nethinim \Neth"i*nim\, n. pl. [Heb., pl. of n[=a]th[=i]n given,
   granted, a slave of the temple, fr. n[=a]than to give.]
   (jewish Antiq.)
   Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services
   about the tabernacle and temple.