loin; gift; hope
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
MITHNITE.A gentilic name applied to one of Davids officers in 1Ch_11:43. The text is doubtful.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_11:43.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
mith?nı̄t (המּתני, ha-mithnı̄): Designation of Jehoshaphat, one of David's officers (1Ch_11:43).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Mithnite
(Heb. Mithni', מַתְנַי, patronymic or gentile apparently from מֶתֶן, Me'then, firmness; Sept. Μαθθανί v.r. Βαιθανί, Vulg. Mathanites, as if from מִתָּן, Mat'tan), an epithet of Joshaphat, one of David's body-guard (1Ch_11:43); either from his ancestor or native place, of neither of which, however, is there any other mention, or further means of determination.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.