- Original: עתני - Transliteration: `Otnniy - Phonetic: oth-nee' - Definition: Othni = lion of Jehovah 1. a Levite, son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom - Origin: from an unused root meaning to force - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to force; forcible; Othni an Israelite: - Othni. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Othni, 1 1 Chronicles 26:7