- Original: אתני - Transliteration: 'Ethniy - Phonetic: eth-nee' - Definition: Ethni = my hire 1. an ancestor of Asaph - Origin: perhaps from H866 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: Perhaps from H866 ; munificence; Ethni an Israelite: - Ethni. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Ethni, 1 1 Chronicles 6:41