Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
אֵיתָן
- Transliteration
- ʼÊythân
- Pronunciation
- ay-thawn'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 8
Glosses
Ethan.
Lexicon definition
Ethan, the name of four Israelites
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Ethan
The Ezrahite, one of the wisest men of his time; nevertheless, Solomon was wiser than he, 1 Kings iv, 31. Ethan is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “strong; the gift of the island.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H0387
- Hebrew
- אֵיתָן · ʼÊythân
- Name meaning
- strong; the gift of the island According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
H0387
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Ethan
strong; the gift of the island
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
ETHAN
the Ezrahite, one of the wisest men of his time; nevertheless, Solomon was wiser than he, 1 Kings iv, 31. The eighty-ninth psalm bears the name of Ethan the Ezrahite. This Ethan, and Ethan son of Kishi, of the tribe of Levi, and of the family of Merari, are the same person, 1 Chron. vi, 44. He was called likewise Idithun, and appears under this name in the titles to several psalms. He was a principal master of the temple music, 1 Chron. xv, 17, &c.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Ethan
Indexed occurrences: 8
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All Scripture references9 references
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
ETHAN
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for ETHAN.
Indexed references: 1
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Ethan
Meaning:
strong; the gift of the island
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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