Strong’s H387 · Hebrew
אֵיתָן
ʼÊythân · ay-thawn'
Origin the same as אֵיתָן (H386); permanent;
Meaning Ethan, the name of four Israelites
In the King James Version Ethan.
In 8 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Kings 4:31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
- 1 Chronicles 2:8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 6:44And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
- 1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 15:19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
- Psalms 89:1Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.