Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
probably patrial from an unused noun meaning slenderness; a Mithnite, or inhabitant of Methen
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
an athlete (literally, he of loins): a giver
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Hope; gift; looking for; slenderness:―an inhabitant of Methen, 1 Chron. 11:43. {Spes}