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Othni

Othni

(Othʹni) [shortened form of Othniel].

Son of Shemaiah and grandson of Korahite Obed-edom, appointed as a Levite gatekeeper before the sanctuary. Othni and his brothers were “rulers of the house of their father, . . . capable, mighty men.”​—1Ch 26:1, 4, 6-8, 15.