King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H387
Transliteration: Ethan
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-thawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "permanence", an Israelite name
Meaning: Ethan -- "permanence", an Israelite name
Word Summary
Ethan: "permanence", an Israelite name
Original Word: אֵיתָןTransliteration: Ethan
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-thawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "permanence", an Israelite name
Meaning: Ethan -- "permanence", an Israelite name
Strong's Concordance
Ethan The same as 'eythan; permanent; Ethan, the name of four Israelites -- Ethan.
see HEBREW 'eythan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H387. Ethan
II. אֵיתָן proper name, masculine a wise man 1 Kings 5:11 (where called הָאֶזְרָחִי) named with דַּרְדַּע כַּלְכֹּל, הֵימָן,; compare 1 Chronicles 2:6 (where these 4 with זִמְרִי are זֶרַח בְּנֵי); also 2:8; 6:27; called בֶּןקִֿישִׁי 6:29 = בֶּןקֿוּשָׁיָ֫הוּ 15:17; where, and 15:19, named as Levitical singer with הֵימָן and אָסָף (q. v.; יְדוּתוּן for אֵיתָן in this group 25:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 35:15, see ידותון); הָאֶזְרָחִי לְאֵיתָן Psalm 89:1 (title).
יַתְנִיאֵל see תנה.