Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Exploration, one of the temple porters or janitors (Ezra 2:42). He returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(exploring). Bene-Hatita (i.e. sons of Hatita) were among the “porters” (i.e. the gate-keepers) who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45) (B.C. 536.)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HAT'ITA (exploring), one of the ancestors of temple-porters who returned. Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
a bending of sin