Strong H386אֵיתָן

strong

Transliteration: 'êythân
Pronunciation: ay-thawn'
Morphology: Hebrew Adjective

Definition

From an unused root (meaning to continue);
permanence; hence (concretely) permanent; specifically a chieftain: - {hard} {mighty} {rough} {strength} strong.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: strong

Exact lexical definition: perennial

Part of speech: adjective

BDB context: אֵיתָן , אֵתָן adj . perennial , ever-flowing , fig. permanent , as subst, steady flow , permanence

In the Bible

Strong H386 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

mighty4
strong4
strength2
hard1
rough1
ye1

First verses

Genesis 49:24
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Numbers 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Deuteronomy 21:4
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
Job 12:19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Psalms 74:15
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah 50:44
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Amos 5:24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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